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Paper 1: Achieving a transition away from CAP direct payments – study published
This IEEP paper ‘Achieving a transition away from CAP direct payments’ for the Land Use Policy Group (LUPG) examines a range of transitional arrangements that could facilitate a shift in the basis of CAP payments away from the current system of support, towards one based on a rationale more focused on the provision of environmental goods and services.
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Scoping the Development of the Environmentally Sustainable Production Agenda – paper published
This IEEP paper ‘Scoping the Development of the Environmentally Sustainable Production Agenda’ for the Land Use Policy Group (LUPG) sets out the key issues and questions that need to be considered for the establishment of a Sustainable Production Agenda for Europe and explores the implications of these issues for the development of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period 2013 – 2020...
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Developing a More Comprehensive Rationale for EU Funding for the Environment – paper published
This IEEP paper ‘Developing a More Comprehensive Rationale for EU Funding for the Environment’ for the Land Use Policy Group’s (LUPG) evaluates the case for using state intervention to reverse existing environmental degradation and deliver improvements, before focusing specifically on the rationale for intervening at the European level...
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IRO Status
IEEP has been awarded Independent Research Organisations status by the UK Research Councils...
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IEEP Spring Newsletter Published
A number of pieces in our latest online newsletter focus on biodiversity to mark the Year of Biodiversity in 2010...
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How Much for Biodiversity? – MEPs join the discussion on the economic value of nature
On 7 April, the Greens and the European Free Alliance (EFA) in the European Parliament organised a stakeholder workshop to discuss the future of the EU biodiversity policy, in particular the role of nature in maintaining human welfare and economic wellbeing.
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IEEP & WWF: possibilities for a more ecosystem-based EU biodiversity policy regime for post-2010
A joint paper by IEEP and WWF discusses what a more ecosystem-focussed approach to EU post-2010 biodiversity policy could entail and what the possible implications of adopting such a regime would be.
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IEEP Conference on Future of the CAP - March 9
IEEP is hosting a conference Visions and Design: Securing a CAP for the Future on 9 March 2010 in Brussels.The event presents the most up-to-date thinking on a future Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) to ...
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Join a Day Seminar on the New EU Climate Policies
IEEP is pleased to invite you to a day training seminar ‘The New EU Climate Policies: between Copenhagen and Cancun' organized by The Institute for European Studies (IES) and the Institute for European ...
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IEEP’s Environmentally Harmful Subsidies Study Published
The report is a contribution to the European Commission’s ongoing efforts to investigate and reform environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS).The study is based on three methodologies developed by the ...
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Implementing the Renewable Energy Directive – Sustainability Requirements for Biofuels, the Question of Highly Biodiverse Grasslands
The renewable energy Directive (2009/28/EC) contains targets promoting both renewable energy and renewable transport fuels.Delivering compliance with these targets will increase demand for both biofuels ...
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EU budget can unlock a low-carbon Europe
The EU budget has a crucial role to play in unlocking barriers to climate related investment and providing renewed political and business confidence. IEEP's David Baldock and Camilla Adelle have contributed ...
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Book Launch and Climate Policy Forum in Brussels
On Wednesday 10 February 2010 the Institute for European Studies (IES) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) organise their next Environmental Policy ...
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IEEP Winter Newsletter Published
Browse our latest online newsletter to read some reflections on the Copenhagen Summit, on prospects for EU environmental policy under the new European Commission, on sharing good practice in intensive ...
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Major Study on Public Goods Published by IEEP
The Common Agricultural Policy plays a critical role in helping farmers to deliver environmental goods and services, provided that policies are targeted in the right way. This is the key message of an ...
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Access TEEB for Policy Makers full text online
The TEEB for National and International Policy Makers report, coordinated by IEEP's Patrick ten Brink is now up on the TEEB official website and available for downloading and circulation.This has been ...
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The challenge of regulating intensive pig farms
A new IMPEL report written by Andrew Farmer and Megan Lewis examines the range of practices in the EU on the regulation of intensive pig farms. The environmental impacts present a number of challenges ...
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New publication on setting environmental standards
A new publication co-authored by Andrew Farmer examines the economic and social contexts for the adoption and use of different types of environmental standards and proposes a framework for the development ...
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Biodiversity is eligible for more support from the EU Budget
The new IEEP and WWF paper reveals that financial contribution to biodiversity from the Community budget remains low. This is particularly alarming as the threats facing biodiversity at the global and ...
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TEEB for Policy Makers study, coordinated by IEEP, launched on November 13, 2009, outlines the vast financial benefits of taking care of the planet’s ecosystems
The new major study calls on policy-makers to accelerate investments in the management and restoration of ecosystems. It gives clear recommendations to policy-makers across the globe and calls for more ...