Publications
IEEP produces reports and publications on a wide variety of topics.
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Monday, 10 March 2014
Financing Europe 2020: What is required?
This IEEP – CEPS study provides an assessment of the investment required to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and assesses the relative importance of local and regional budgets in financing sectors such as energy, transport and research. Europe 2020, the EU’s core economic strategy, will succeed only if large scale resources can be deployed. Where will they come from?
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Thursday, 06 March 2014
Tracking climate related expenditure in the post-2013 EU budget
This study led by IEEP in collaboration with ICF GHK and CPI, examines how the emerging approach to tracking climate related expenditure in the EU budget could be further elaborated and refined over the period of the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework.
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Thursday, 27 February 2014
Inland fisheries and the Common Fisheries Policy
The reformed fisheries policy could lead to improvements in the state of commercial inland fisheries, if the measures are properly implemented, with the greatest potential coming from the strengthening of community-led local development.
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Tuesday, 04 February 2014
Environmental policy in the European Semester: Assessing progress to date
New IEEP study for the European Parliament finds limited mainstreaming of environmental issues in the European Semester process to date.
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Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Mainstreaming climate objectives in EU Cohesion Policy - a guidance briefing
This IEEP publication presents a framework and approach to climate mainstreaming into EU Cohesion Policy that can provide practical guidance for managing authorities.
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Monday, 27 January 2014
How do the proposed new EU climate and energy targets stack up?
The Commission has suggested major changes in policy for 2030, with fewer binding targets. An institute briefing offers an analysis of what is proposed and sets out some proposals of where the package of measures could be strengthened, especially in relation to renewable energy and energy conservation.
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Wednesday, 08 January 2014
Natural Capital Accounting and Water Quality: Commitments, Benefits, Needs and Progress
A new IEEP briefing note discusses progress and challenges of water quality accounts in the context of natural capital accounting.
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Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Options for sustainable food and agriculture in the EU
How should Europe respond to the increased demands on our food and agriculture systems arising from global population growth, changing diets, and competing demands on agricultural land? This report offers a view on how the EU could play a role in meeting these challenges in the coming decades and sets out some of the options which merit particular attention.
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Monday, 02 December 2013
Enhancing enforcement obligations for EU environmental law
A new study examines the challenge Member States face in ensuring inspection and enforcement of EU environmental law and considers the option of a new horizontal law to strengthen these requirements.
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Steps towards greening in the EU
Despite some positive steps, further efforts are needed to achieve the transition to a low-carbon, resource efficient Europe.
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Impacts of climate change on European islands
IEEP has just completed a new report on the impacts of climate change on European islands underling the very concrete risks islands are facing as a result of higher temperatures, changed rainfall regimes, weather extremes, and sea level rise.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Evaluating international experiences with environmental tax reform
Today, there is close to 25 years of experience with environmental tax reforms (ETR), with a growing number of countries engaging in ETR for various reasons. International experiences provide important insights on the design and implementation of ETR to facilitate more effective use of such instruments in the wider policy mix.
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Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Interactions between climate change and agriculture; and between biodiversity and agriculture in Europe
What should be Europe’s role in feeding the world in 2050? This IEEP report for the European Parliament describes options for increasing the productivity of European agriculture whilst adapting to climate change, reducing emissions, and providing biodiversity and ecosystem service benefits from agriculture.
Evelyn Underwood Jana Poláková Sandra Berman Elizabeth Dooley Ana Frelih-Larsen Bettina Kretschmer Nigel Maxted A.J. McConville Sandra Naumann Marion Sarteel Clément TostivintInteractions between climate change & agriculture and between biodiversity & agriculture - report PDF 2.6 MB Interactions between climate change & agriculture and between biodiversity & agriculture - Annexes PDF 6.8 MB Interactions between climate change & agriculture and between biodiversity & agriculture - summary PDF 660.5 KB Interactions between climate change & agriculture and between biodiversity & agriculture - op. brief PDF 146.2 KB -
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Recycling wastes and residues for sustainable bioenergy and biomaterials
What should be Europe’s role in feeding the world in 2050, considering competing demands for land? This IEEP report for the European Parliament describes options for reusing food wastes and agricultural and forestry residues for biomaterials and bioenergy.
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Monday, 21 October 2013
Assessing Scotland’s progress on the environmental agenda
How much progress is Scotland making on the environmental agenda? Can Scotland fulfill its growing aspirations to become an environmental front runner in Europe? This new report explores these questions in relation to the farmed environment, Marine Protection Areas and climate mitigation.
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Monday, 14 October 2013
Costs and benefits of energy savings
The Coalition for Energy Savings has published an IEEP report that reviews recent empirical evidence on costs and benefits of energy efficiency measures.
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Wednesday, 09 October 2013
Sectoral resource mobilisation to implement global biodiversity targets
There is an urgent need to find sufficient resources to enable developing countries to implement the global targets for biodiversity by 2020. Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity from different sectoral funding flows can complement global biodiversity financing.
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Monday, 07 October 2013
How to improve EU legislation to tackle marine litter
This study analyses many different pieces of EU legislation to determine their relevance to marine litter, examinine their deficiencies and gaps, and propose options for improvement. Generally the gaps consist of the need for better implementation and enforcement, and increased ambition of current requirements.
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Monday, 07 October 2013
Reducing ship generated marine litter
The Port Reception Facilities Directive requires ships to discharge their waste to dedicated port reception facilities in the EU, but illegal discharges at sea of ship generated waste still take place. This report recommends ways to improve the Directive.
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Monday, 30 September 2013
Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands in Finland
Mire ecosystems are well-known for their unique species and habitats of high conservation value and they also provide a range of benefits to our societies and economies. This publication outlines the results of a pioneering project that aimed to identify and valuate ecosystem services provided by pristine mires and managed peatlands in Finland.
Kaisu Aapala Marianne Kettunen Emmi Haltia Suvi Silvennoinen Raimo Heikkilä Timo J. Hokkanen Paula Horne Jukka-Pekka Jäppinen Saara Lilja-Rothsten Hannu Luotonen Liisa Maanavilja Arvo Ohtonen Anni Ruokolainen Lauri Saaristo Tapani Sallantaus Eeva-Stiina Tuittila Harri Tukia Petteri VihervaaraEcosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands in Finland: final report and policy recommendations PDF 960 KB Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands: results of a case study (extended abstract) PDF 110.4 KB Ecosystem services of boreal mires and peatlands: results of a case study (poster) PDF 3.9 MB