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The impacts of the UK’s low carbon energy policy on biodiversity: evidence and policy tools
The study reviews evidence of the impacts of UK's low carbon energy policy on biodiversity in the UK and abroad, and incorporates biodiversity effects of low carbon energy scenarios into the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change 2050 pathway calculator tool.
biodiversity
biofuels
birds
energy
impact assessment
renewable energy
wind turbine20 Jul 2016 -
A New Vision for Responsible Renewable Energy with a Clear European Dimension
Renewable energy is key to the decarbonisation of Europe’s energy supply, however, the scale of expansion needed will have significant impacts over a considerable area. This new report suggests how a resource efficient energy system might be delivered in a way that minimises and mitigates impacts on biodiversity and the wider environment.
biodiversity
bioenergy
Birds Directive
carbon
climate and energy package
climate change
emissions trading
energy
greenhouse gases
Habitats Directive
land use
renewable energy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
wind turbine26 Nov 2015 -
Impacts of climate change and renewable energy on Natura 2000
This series of reports reviewed evidence of climate change impacts on biodiversity in Europe, including vulnerable species across the Natura 2000 network, and identified policy measures that may facilitate biodiversity adaptation in the EU. The project also assessed the potential impacts of renewable energy technologies on Natura sites and their species.
adaptation
biodiversity
climate change
grassland
impact assessment
mitigation
renewable energy
wind turbine16 Feb 2011 -
Promoting Proactive Planning for Onshore Wind – one step in delivering the UK’s renewable energy targets
IEEP and RSPB have launched a new report setting out how onshore wind planning in the UK can be improved. This concludes that the rapid roll out of new wind energy capacity, now urgent if the UK is to ...
renewable energy
wind turbine23 Mar 2009