Environmental Governance
Our Work
Latest in Environmental Governance
-
Commission sets out proposals for post-2013 EU budget
IEEP provides an environmental perspective on the European Commission’s EU budget proposals for the 2014-2020 period.
-
EU budget post 2013 – IEEP Pre-briefings
The European Commission is due to publish its budget proposals for post 2013 period. IEEP has identified key issues that the ‘greenness’ of the proposals could be judged by.
-
The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?
IEEP and the Institute for European Studies (IES) is pleased to invite you to an Environmental Policy Forum on ‘The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?’ which will be held on 23 June 2011 in Brussels.
-
When Financial Needs Meet Political Realities: Implications for Climate Change in the Post-2013 EU Budget
This paper is the first in a series being produced as part of a policy dialogue platform on the post-2013 EU budget and associated EU funding instruments such as Cohesion Policy.
-
On the road to Rio: Preparing the EU’s position for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
IEEP's Marc Pallemaerts and IEEP Board Member Derek Osborn will be presenting at a meeting on 4 May organised by the European Parliament as part of its preparations for the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012.
-
Climate and the Budget: EU Member States and stakeholders discuss IEEP study at workshop
More than 70 participants from European governments, the European Commission and other stakeholders gathered in Brussels on 28-29 March 2011 to discuss how the post-2013 EU budget should deal with investment needs in climate change and managing natural resources during a two-day workshop co-organised by IEEP together with the Dutch and Belgian governments.
-
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.
-
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).
-
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.
-
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.
-
Drowning in Process? The Implementation of the EU's 6th Environmental Action Programme
This study evaluates the implementation of the 6EAP across all four of its ‘key environmental priorities’...
-
Strategies and Instruments for Climate Proofing the EU Budget - Interim Report
The EU budget is one option in the EU's tool box to deliver policy results. There is a growing view among policy stakeholders that the future EU budget should not only dedicte targeted spending to climate change mitigation and adaptation actions but also horizontally integrate climate change measures across all spending areas...
-
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Europe 2020 Strategy
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Strategic EU Affairs
-
The Impact of Better Regulation on EU Environmental Policy under the Sixth Environment Action Programme
A part of a series of strategic analyses evaluating the Sixth Environment Action Programme this report evaluates how Better Regulation approaches have shaped the implementation of the objectives set out in the 6EAP in the process of their translation into legislative measures...
-
The External Dimension of the Sixth Environment Action Programme: An Evaluation of Implementing Policy Instruments
This report evaluates the EU’s progress on the external dimension of the 6EAP, with a particular focus on the EU’s consumption and production of global natural resources. It explores the EU’s activities ...
-
Strategic Orientations of EU Environmental Policy under the Sixth Environment Action Programme and Implications for the Future
Although it is difficult to accurately establish the extent to which an overarchingframework like the 6EAP has influenced policy developments; reflecting on suchissues should inform and help to shape ...
-
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 ...
-
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 ...
-
Interpreting Grassland Requirements Set Out Within the Directive on Renewable Energy (Directive 2009/28/EC). Working Paper 1
-
Lisbon Treaty Enters into Force
IEEP Analysis Briefing: Strategic EU Affairs
Related
-
Make it Work project for smarter EU environmental law
The Make it Work project is an initiative of the Netherlands, UK and Germany, supported by IEEP, to deliver higher quality EU environmental law and so help deliver the benefits of that law.
-
Charting Europe’s Environmental Policy Future
Advancing the debate on the future strategic framework of EU environmental policy by analysing the needs, priorities and delivery mechanisms of a 7th EAP.