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Opportunities for a better use of indicators in policy-making
There remain a wide range of opportunities for making use of sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy process across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
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Walking the talk - practical options for making the 2014-2020 EU MFF deliver on climate change
This report analyses the opportunities and weaknesses of Commission proposals on the future Cohesion Policy and the Connecting Europe Facility to ensure the effective mainstreaming of climate change concerns.
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Unfolding the green ‘elements’ of the Commission’s Common Strategic Framework 2014-2020
This policy brief analyses the Commission’s staff working document on the Common Strategic Framework for the 2014-2020 EU cohesion, rural development and fisheries funds. It discusses both the opportunities and weaknesses to advance the mainstreaming of climate change and the environment into the funds.
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Green Infrastructure Implementation and Efficiency
This IEEP-led study for the European Commission (DG ENV) improves the knowledge base on green infrastructure policy initiatives in Europe and assesses their implementation and efficiency. It also formulates policy recommendations for integrating green infrastructure into the EU policy framework.
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Criteria for maximising the European added value of EU budget: the case of climate change
This report revisits approaches to defining European added value as a key concept to help the identification of spending priorities under the 2014-2020 EU budget. It puts forward a set of operational criteria for European added value to aid the design of future EU funding instruments, implementation programmes and project selection processes in relation to EU’s ambitions to tackle climate change.
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Practical options for climate change mainstreaming in the 2014-2020 EU budget
On 1 February 2012, IEEP organised a policy dialogue workshop on ‘Practical options for climate change mainstreaming in the 2014-2020 EU budget’.
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EU Budget Reform: Pathways to Greening the Future EU Cohesion Policy
IEEP in cooperation with the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel held an environmental policy forum on the 6th of February dedicated to the reform of the 2014-2020 EU Cohesion Policy.
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EU Budget Reform: Pathways to greening the future EU Cohesion Policy
IEEP in cooperation with the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, kindly invites you to attend the upcoming environmental policy forum on the 6th of February dedicated to the reform of the 2014-2020 EU Cohesion Policy.
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Practical options for climate change mainstreaming in the EU budget
IEEP is carrying out a project which aim is to explore options and tools for the mainstreaming of climate change in the 2014-2020 EU Cohesion Policy and Connecting Europe Facility. This will be the topic of a policy dialogue workshop organised by IEEP on 1 February 2012.
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2014-2020 EU Multi-annual Financial Framework: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Change and the Environment
This presentation analyses the Commission proposals on the 2014-2020 Multi-annual Financial Framework unveiled on 29 June 2011. More specifically, it identifies opportunities and challenges for the financing of climate change and the environment in the future EU budget.
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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.
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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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Interpreting Grassland Requirements Set Out Within the Directive on Renewable Energy (Directive 2009/28/EC). Working Paper 1
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EVIA Policy Paper: Improving the Practice of Impact Assessment
The EVIA project analysed Impact Assessment procedures and practices in the European Union and all Member States. It is based on 27 country studies, a detailed analysis of 22 concrete policy proposals ...
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Relationship between Common Agricultural Policy and Biodiversity 2007
<p>A new report resulting from an international seminar on the relationship between the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and biodiversity held in Warsaw, Poland on 7 - 8 December 2006, which was hosted jointly by the Polish and Dutch governments.</p> <p>The first section of the report presents the conclusions of the seminar, identifying issues to be addressed on the CAP and farmland biodiversity, and presenting an agenda for further action. <br /> <br /> The main section summarises key points from the seminar presentations and plenary discussions, with examples which illustrate some of the findings of the working groups. The last section is an edited version of the seminar’s background paper.</p>
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IEEP organising first EPIGOV conference on environmental policy integration
On 15 February 2007, the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) will be organising a conference in Brussels to review progress made in the integration of environmental concerns into other areas ...
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Workshop on Best Practice in Analysing and Developing Environmental Policies (November 2005) - conclusion
Member States have considerable flexibility in transposing EU environmental policy which often leaves choices to them over the level of ambition, the measures they take to reach their targets and other ...
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Workshop on Best Practice in Analysing and Developing Environmental Policies (November 2005) - background
Member States have considerable flexibility in transposing EU environmental policy which often leaves choices to them over the level of ambition, the measures they take to reach their targets and other ...
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Market-based instruments for environmental policy in Europe
This report gives an overview of the most recent innovative applications of economic-based instruments for environmental policy in Europe.
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New EEA report - Environmental Policy Integration
The European Environment Agency in Copenhagen has published a second report on environmental policy integration in Europe. The report emphasises the role of administrations in securing integration. It ...