Andrew Farmer
Director of Research and Head of Industry, Waste and Water Programme
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Phone: +44 (0)20 7340 2673
Specialist Subjects:
water, pollution control and effects of pollution, marine, enlargement
Profile:
Andrew is a biologist by training and specialises in EU legislation in relation to water and air pollution, and pollution control policies more widely, including the operation of inspectorates. He has extensive experience of issues arising from EU enlargement, particularly administrative capacity building in candidate and neighbourhood countries. Andrew also has interest in strategic policy issues such as smart regulation. He is the editor of IEEP’s Manual of EU Environmental Policy. Before joining IEEP in 1997, Andrew worked for English Nature as its atmospheric pollution specialist and sustainable development co-ordinator; prior to that he undertook post-doctoral research at Imperial College and at the Universities of Wisconsin and Florida, USA. He has a degree from Oxford University in natural sciences and a PhD in ecology from St Andrews University.
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The adequacy of EU action on flood protection, focusing on the Commission's recent proposal
This briefing concludes that the proposed Directive on the assessment and management of floods is a positive development, although it makes some recommendations for improvements to the legislation. It ...
01 Mar 2006 -
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 ...
01 Dec 2005 -
For Better or for Worse? The EU's 'Better Regulation' Agenda and the Environment
There are many different interpretations of ‘better regulation’. For some it simply means ‘less’ regulation, for others ‘cheaper’ regulation, while for yet others ‘more effective’ or ‘efficient’ regulation. ...
01 Nov 2005 -
A European Union Directive on Flood Management
A new paper has been written by Andrew Farmer on the forthcoming proposal for an EU flood Directive. The paper explores the development of the Directive, the likely contents of the proposal and how these ...
08 Sep 2005 -
Environmental Policy Integration in Europe: Administrative Culture and Practices
This paper presents an overview of administrative culture and practices for EPI in Europe, and investigates some of the main management styles used. It reviews institutional structures and ...
30 Jun 2005 -
EFIEA Workshop on Improving Waste Policy Through Integrated Environmental Assessment, 6 to 7 December 2004 Scotland House, Brussels: Workshop Proceedings (Jan 2005)
The advancement of EU waste policy is one of the highest priorities on the EU environmental agenda. The development of a Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste is one of ...
01 Jan 2005 -
Funding Environmental Compliance Assurance: Lessons Learned from International Experience, OECD
Throughout the world, authorities responsible for enforcing environmental regulations and promoting compliance with environmental requirements are operating in the context of financial ...
01 Jan 2005 -
Packaging for Sustainability: Packaging in the Context of the Product, Supply Chain and Consumer Needs, A report for INCPEN
The European Commission is taking a closer look at the Packaging Directive, ten years after its adoption, and has to present a report to the European Parliament in June 2005. To inform ...
26 Sep 2004 -
Simple is better, effective regulation for a more competitive Europe: The 1996 IPPC Directive
This report examines the administrative burdens associated with the implementation of the IPPC Directive. It was written for the Dutch Ministry of the Environment to support discussion at a ...
31 Aug 2004 -
Prospects for the Implementation of selected new and future EU Environmental legislation in the Acceding Countries
A written briefing assessing, for the candidate countries, the challenge constituted by those parts of the environmental acquis which did not form part of the acquis at the time accession was agreed, and ...
16 Jan 2004