Publications
IEEP produces reports and publications on a wide variety of topics.
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Thursday, 31 March 2011
Funding Natura 2000
The study assesses the successes and shortcomings of the existing EU framework for funding Natura 2000 and identifies possibilities for improving these financing arrangements in the future.
Marianne Kettunen David Baldock Sonja Gantioler Odette Carter Peter Torkler (WWF Germany) A Arroyo A Baumueller E. Gerritsen Matt Rayment E. Daly M. PieterseAssessment of Natura 2000 Co-financing PDF 2.7 MB -
Monday, 28 March 2011
Strategies and Instruments for Climate Proofing the EU Budget
This report advances the conceptual understanding of the concept of climate proofing the EU budget and offers ways to operationalise it in the debate on the post-2013 Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF).
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
Assessment of the 6th Environment Action Programme
This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the 6th Environment Action Programme (6EAP). The overall objective of this evaluation was to provide an in-depth assessment of the achievements of the 6EAP since its adoption in 2002 to the end of 2010.
Ingmar von Homeyer Sirini Withana Tamara Steger Anneke von Raggamby Dr Camilla Bausch David Baldock Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Catherine Bowyer Odette Carter Andrew Farmer Sonja Gantioler Kristof Geeraerts Christiane Gerstetter Kaley Hart Peter Hjerp Gesa Homann Hannah Lee Indrani Lutchman Stephanie Newman Alexander Neubauer Ian Skinner Graham Tucker Axel Volkery -
Friday, 11 March 2011
Review of the Waste Thematic Strategy
This report supported the European Commission’s review of the Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. It summarises available data on waste management in the EU, assesses progress towards the EU becoming a ‘recycling society’, outlines the achievements of the Waste Thematic Strategy, and makes recommendations for the development of future EU waste policies.
Review of the Waste Thematic Strategy PDF 48 MB -
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
El Anzuelo Volume 23
European newsletter on fisheries and the environment.This issue: CFP reform
El Anzuelo Volume 23 PDF 1 MB -
Friday, 04 March 2011
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making
The study demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, society and individuals. It underlines the urgent need to transform our approach to natural capital, and demonstrates how we can practically take into account the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in policy decisions to promote the protection of our environment and contribute to a sustainable economy and to the wellbeing of societies.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
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.
Climate Change Renewables Natura 2000 Task 3a PDF 4.7 MB Climate Change Renewables Natura 2000 Task 2a PDF 842.9 KB Climate Change Renewables Natura 2000 Summary PDF 1.4 MB Climate Change Renewables Natura 2000 Task 3b PDF 1.2 MB -
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Assessment to Support Continued Development of the EU Strategy to Combat Invasive Alien Species
This report sets out a suggested outline for key components of the future EU Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. It also provides an initial assessment of the possible scale of costs and benefits associated with EU policy action on IAS.
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Thursday, 03 February 2011
Greening the EU Budget - what are the issues?
In the run up to the legislative proposals on the post-2013 EU Multiannual Financial Framework due in June 2011, this Policy Brief offers a short analysis of some critical aspects of the debate and outlines a set of ‘stepping stones’ for strengthening the environmental dimension of the proposals.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
The Interactions between European Policy Drivers for Increasing the Use of Biofuels in Transport
Ian Skinner and Bettina Kretschmer explain the complex interaction mechanisms between the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
The Land-Use Implications of EU Bioenergy Policy: Going Beyond ILUC
A new IEEP briefing discusses some of the modelling work that is undertaken in support of quantifying the land use change impact of biofuel use.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Bioenergy in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans: Issues and Uncertainties
Bogdan Atanasiu’s analysis of National Renewable Energy Action Plans reveals that more than half of the renewable energy which EU Member States expect to consume annually by 2020 will consist of bioenergy.
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Friday, 21 January 2011
IEEP Newsletter, Winter 2010/2011
The IEEP Quarterly Newsletter offers a readily accessible update on recent work and achievements, areas of interest and events. Current and recently completed projects are set out under key subject headings.
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Public Goods and Public Intervention in Agriculture
What is the justification for spending a substantial sum on supporting agriculture in Europe? Is the principle public money for public goods? If so, what are the public goods, how ...
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Farmland Abandonment in the EU: an Assessment of Trends and Prospects
Assessment of recent agricultural abandonment in the EU and its causes, and likely future abandonment according to expected trends in drivers
Farmland Abandonment in the EU PDF 3 MB -
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Valuing and Conserving Ecosystem Services: a Scoping Case Study in the Danube Basin
The report for WWF provides an assessment of the value and status of some key ecosystem services in the Danube Basin, and some policy instruments to support them.
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive
Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A new report for IMPEL explores how EU addresses this interaction.
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Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Challenges of Developing an EU Strategic Approach to Water Scarcity
The introduction in 2000 of the Water Framework Directive provided the first coherent EU legal tool to address water scarcity and this has been supported by further policy aimed directly at ...
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Thursday, 11 November 2010
The Indirect Land Use Change Impact of the Use of Biofuels in the EU
A new IEEP report analyses the indirect land use change (ILUC) impact of the substantial additional biofuel usage that will be generated up to 2020 by the targets under the EU renewable energy Directive. The report has recently been updated to include all 27 NREAPs.
ILUC Press Release PDF 492.5 KB The Indirect Land Use Change Impact of the Use of Biofuels in the EU PDF 758 KB -
Monday, 25 October 2010
IEEP Newsletter, Autumn 2010
The IEEP Quarterly Newsletter offers a readily accessible update on recent work and achievements, areas of interest and events. Current and recently completed projects are set out under key subject headings.
IEEP Newsletter, Autumn 2010 PDF 396.6 KB