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Latest in Water Policy
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Plastics, Marine Litter and the Circular Economy
Briefing and three product fiches explore circular economy solutions for reducing the flow of plastic waste into the oceans.
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Greening taxes and subsidies in the Pacific
IEEP will share its expertise on environmental taxation and the reform of environmentally harmful subsidies at a forum event on greening taxation and subsidies in the Pacific region during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.
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Reaching for the blue gold: interdisciplinary approaches to support water management
A new report by the European Policy Centre (EPC) summarises the existing evidence on the role of water in supporting human wellbeing. IEEP contributed to insights on the policy instruments available for sustainable water management.
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New report: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands
This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.
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The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands
This new IEEP-led report presents insights on the importance of wetlands in delivering ecosystem services that are needed to support human life, and also for people’s livelihoods and the world’s economies. The report shows that demonstrating and using the values of ecosystem services related to water and wetlands can lead to better informed, more cost-effective, and fairer decision- making.
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The EU Water Blueprint: Assessing the policy options
The Water Blueprint proposes action to address 12 key problems for Europe’s waters. An IEEP led study found that improved guidance, information system, data exchange and funding were the best instruments to address many of these problems, with limited scope for new law.
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Fitness Check of EU water policy – stakeholder views
IEEP provided support to the Commission’s development of the Fitness Check through the organisation of an online public consultation and a stakeholder workshop. The results of these two activities can be downloaded here.
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Linking the Water Framework Directive and the IPPC Directive: Phase 2
Integrating pollution control into river basin management is a major challenge. A report for IMPEL explores how Member States address this.
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Transboundary Water Security in Central Asia: Addressing the Crisis
Transboundary water issues pose significant security concerns in Central Asia. This briefing summaries the results of a roundtable on the issue, attended by IEEP's Andrew Farmer.
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EU Water Policy – fit for purpose?
New report from Deloitte and IEEP assesses the relevance, coherence, effectiveness and efficiency of EU Water Policy.
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Cross-scale governance for water management
A new paper on the challenges of cross-scale governance for water management has been published.
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Key Messages on the Future of Europe’s Waters
IEEP has contributed to the production of the key messages from a major water conference contributing to future EU policy development.
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The Future of Europe’s Waters
IEEP to contribute to major Council Presidency conference on the threats to water resources and how we are to respond.
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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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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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IEEP climate change report at centre of EP discussion
A report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water - drawn up by IEEP, Ecologic and SYKE - had a central role at Fourth Thematic Session of the European Parliament's Temporary Climate ...
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New Project Examining the Future of Water in Europe
IEEP, with 19 other partners across Europe, is participating in a four year project to develop scenarios to examine the future of Europe's freshwaters up to 2025.IEEP is focusing on the implications of ...
Highlights
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Plastics, Marine Litter and the Circular Economy
Briefing and three product fiches explore circular economy solutions for reducing the flow of plastic waste into the oceans.
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Reaching for the blue gold: interdisciplinary approaches to support water management
A new report by the European Policy Centre (EPC) summarises the existing evidence on the role of water in supporting human wellbeing. IEEP contributed to insights on the policy instruments available for sustainable water management.