Publications
IEEP produces reports and publications on a wide variety of topics.
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Analysis for European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Countries and the Russian Federation on social and economic benefits of enhanced environmental protection – Egypt Country Report
There are considerable benefits from taking immediate action to address the environmental problems facing Egypt, including in the area of air pollution, water quality and infrastructures and waste management, and safeguarding its natural heritage.
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Regional Synthesis Report: ENPI South - Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory, Syria and Tunisia
Investing in improving environmental standards in the ENPI South countries would offer huge benefits in terms of cost savings, improved security (food, water, energy and climate), and improved quality of life.
Patrick ten Brink Mike Van Acoleyen Graham Tucker James Spurgeon Bjorn Larsen Manuel Lago Alistair Hunt Andrew Farmer Samuela Bassi Fadi Doumani Wim Van BreusegemDownload document PDF 2.7 MB -
Monday, 21 May 2012
Regional Synthesis Report: ENPI East – Synthesis report on: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine
Investing in improving environmental standards in the ENPI East countries would offer huge benefits in terms of cost savings, improved security (food, water, energy and climate), and improved quality of life.
Patrick ten Brink Samuela Bassi Andrew Farmer Alistair Hunt Manuel Lago Bjorn Larsen James Spurgeon Graham Tucker Mike Van Acoleyen Wim Van BreusegemDownload document PDF 2.8 MB -
Monday, 21 May 2012
Mobilising Cereal Straw in the EU to Feed Advanced Biofuel Production
This IEEP report, commissioned by Novozymes, considers the existing barriers, environmental risks and opportunities and the potential agricultural policy stimuli needed in order to mobilise cereal straw for advanced biofuel production in the EU.
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Consolidated report: Qualitative analysis key results and policy implications
There are still needs and opportunities for using sustainability indicators at different stages of the policy processes across all environmentally relevant policy areas.
Samuela Bassi Leonardo Mazza Patrick ten Brink Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Sonja Gantioler Jana Poláková Indrani Lutchman Doreen Fedrigo-Fazio Peter Hjerp Laura Baroni Elisa PortaleDownload document PDF 1 MB -
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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.
Samuela Bassi Leonardo Mazza Patrick ten Brink Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Sonja Gantioler Jana Poláková Indrani Lutchman Doreen Fedrigo-Fazio Peter Hjerp Laura Baroni Elisa PortaleDownload document PDF 2.9 MB -
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Addressing the EU’s biodiversity goals through the CAP
What is the relationship between the management of agricultural land and biodiversity? To what extent are the EU’s biodiversity goals addressed through the CAP?
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Evidence to the House of Lords Inquiry into EU Freshwater Policy
IEEP’s evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee explores the future of EU water policy and the challenges it faces
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Water Scarcity Briefings
Water scarcity is a major threat to Europe’s waters. Three briefings have been produced summarizing research on this issue and setting out the European policy context.
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development. Role of non-Cohesion Policy Instruments, Supporting Paper 3
This is the report on the role of non-Cohesion Policy Instruments as part of the project Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development on how to improve the integration of the environment into the Cohesion Policy period 2014-2020 as part of a study commissioned by DG Regio.
Ian Skinner Peter Hjerp James Medhurst Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Cachia F. Grubbe M. Marianne Kettunen Peacock, M. Patrick ten BrinkDownload document PDF 2.8 MB -
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development. Case Studies, Supporting Paper 4
This is the case study report of the project Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development on how to improve the integration of the environment into the Cohesion Policy period 2014-2020 as part of a study commissioned by DG Regio.
Peter Hjerp Ian Skinner Peterlongo G. James Medhurst Marianne Kettunen Kalinka P. Hausemer P. Grubbe M. Evers D. Cachia F. Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Patrick ten BrinkDownload document PDF 6.6 MB -
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development. Policy Instruments, Supporting Paper 5
This is the report on policy instruments for the project Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development on how to improve the integration of the environment into the Cohesion Policy period 2014-2020 as part of a study commissioned by DG Regio.
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development. Literature Review, Supporting Paper 1
This is the literature review report of the project Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development on how to improve the integration of the environment into the Cohesion Policy period 2014-2020 as part of a study commissioned by DG Regio.
Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Thissen, M. Ian Skinner James Medhurst Marianne Kettunen Kalinka P. Hausemer P. Grubbe M. Evers D. Cachia F. Peter Hjerp Patrick ten BrinkDownload document PDF 1.4 MB -
Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development. Cohesion Policy Performance, Supporting Paper 2
This is the report on Cohesion Policy Performance as part of the project Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development on how to improve the integration of the environment into the Cohesion Policy period 2014-2020 as part of a study commissioned by DG Regio.
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Monday, 30 April 2012
Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development
Cohesion Policy is currently missing important opportunities to promote environmentally sustainable economic development in European regions. The study identifies ways of improving investment patterns and governance mechanisms to foster environmental and economic wins.
Peter Hjerp Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Cachia F. Evers D. Grubbe M. Hausemer P. Kalinka P. Marianne Kettunen James Medhurst Peterlongo G. Ian Skinner Patrick ten BrinkDownload document PDF 3 MB -
Thursday, 12 April 2012
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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Wednesday, 11 April 2012
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.
Andrew Farmer Victoria Cherrier Eleftheria Kampa Johanna von der Weppen Linda Johansson Sandra Berman Shailendra MudgalDownload document PDF 421 KB -
Thursday, 22 March 2012
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.
Graham Bennett Leonardo Mazza Leo De Nocker Sonja Gantioler Lourdes Losarcos Ceri Margerison Timo Kaphengst A.J. McConville Matt Rayment Patrick ten Brink Graham Tucker Rudi van DiggelenDownload document PDF 2.6 MB -
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Delivering environmental benefits through entry-level agri-environment schemes in the EU
A new study of the 2007-13 agri-environment schemes across the whole of EU-27 provides the first typology of ‘entry-level’ agri-environment management and environmental objectives, plus a detailed insight into the design of entry-level agri-environment schemes and calculation of payment rates in seven Member States.
Clunie Keenleyside Ben Allen Kaley Hart Hetty Menadue Vyara Stefanova Jaroslav Prazan Irina Herzon Thierry Clement Andrea Povellato Mariusz Maciejczak Nigel BoatmanDownload document PDF 3.6 MB -
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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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