Publications
IEEP produces reports and publications on a wide variety of topics.
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Monday, 11 July 2011
An all-consuming responsibility
This short paper highlights the challenges that the EU faces in delivering a resource efficient society and argues that achieving this would require action across a range of policy areas.
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Achieving more climate ambition in the EU: distribution options.
New report by IEEP and Öko Institut explores how the additional effort of moving to a 30 % EU-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction target could be distributed among Member States, and the resources that could be mobilised to support such a move.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
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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Friday, 17 June 2011
Promoting Low Carbon Innovations in the EU
"Innovations for a Low Carbon Economy – an overview and assessment of the EU policy landscape" provides an overview and assessment of EU policies which relate to low carbon innovations.
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Friday, 03 June 2011
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.
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Friday, 03 June 2011
When financial needs meet political realities
New IEEP paper urges MEPs to place climate change at the heart of future budgetary negotiations
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
EU Natural Resources policy: Signposts on the roadmap to sustainability
The EU is committed to building improved resource efficiency into its economic strategy, starting with a “roadmap” this year. A new paper from the Institute sets out the challenges, reviews the mixed results of previous EU policy in this area and suggests a number of ways forward. Both a broad vision and an array of practical policy initiatives are required.
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Monday, 09 May 2011
Taking into account opportunity costs when assessing costs of biodiversity and ecosystem action
The study provides an estimate the costs of biodiversity action in the EU with special consideration of opportunity costs.
Timo Kaphengst Samuela Bassi McKenna Davis Sarah Gardner Sophie Herbert Leonardo Mazza May Pieterse Matt RaymentDownload document PDF 1.5 MB -
Thursday, 31 March 2011
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.
Marianne Kettunen David Baldock Sonja Gantioler Odette Carter Peter Torkler (WWF Germany) A Arroyo A Baumueller E. Gerritsen Matt Rayment E. Daly M. PieterseDownload document PDF 2.7 MB -
Monday, 28 March 2011
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).
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Saturday, 26 March 2011
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.
Ingmar von Homeyer Sirini Withana Tamara Steger Anneke von Raggamby Dr Camilla Bausch David Baldock Keti Medarova-Bergstrom Catherine Bowyer Odette Carter Andrew Farmer Sonja Gantioler Kristof Geeraerts Christiane Gerstetter Kaley Hart Peter Hjerp Gesa Homann Hannah Lee Indrani Lutchman Stephanie Newman Alexander Neubauer Ian Skinner Graham Tucker Axel VolkeryDownload document PDF 2 MB -
Friday, 11 March 2011
Review of the Waste Thematic Strategy
This report supported the European Commission’s review of the Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. It summarises available data on waste management in the EU, assesses progress towards the EU becoming a ‘recycling society’, outlines the achievements of the Waste Thematic Strategy, and makes recommendations for the development of future EU waste policies.
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Tuesday, 08 March 2011
El Anzuelo Volume 23
The 23rd edition of IEEP fisheries newsletter El Anzuelo focuses on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Read contributions from Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ...
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Friday, 04 March 2011
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in National and International Policy Making
The study demonstrates the value of ecosystems and biodiversity to the economy, society and individuals. It underlines the urgent need to transform our approach to natural capital, and demonstrates how we can practically take into account the value of ecosystems and biodiversity in policy decisions to promote the protection of our environment and contribute to a sustainable economy and to the wellbeing of societies.
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Thursday, 10 February 2011
Assessment to Support Continued Development of the EU Strategy to Combat Invasive Alien Species
This report sets out a suggested outline for key components of the future EU Strategy on Invasive Alien Species. It also provides an initial assessment of the possible scale of costs and benefits associated with EU policy action on IAS.
Clare Shine Marianne Kettunen Piero Genovesi Franz Essl Stephan Gollasch Wolfgang Rabitsch Riccardo Scalera Uwe Starfinger Patrick ten BrinkDownload document PDF 5 MB -
Thursday, 03 February 2011
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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Monday, 31 January 2011
The Interactions between European Policy Drivers for Increasing the Use of Biofuels in Transport
Ian Skinner and Bettina Kretschmer explain the complex interaction mechanisms between the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
The Land-Use Implications of EU Bioenergy Policy: Going Beyond ILUC
A new IEEP briefing discusses some of the modelling work that is undertaken in support of quantifying the land use change impact of biofuel use.
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Bioenergy in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans: Issues and Uncertainties
Bogdan Atanasiu’s analysis of National Renewable Energy Action Plans reveals that more than half of the renewable energy which EU Member States expect to consume annually by 2020 will consist of bioenergy.
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Friday, 21 January 2011
IEEP Newsletter, Winter 2010/2011
The IEEP Quarterly Newsletter offers a readily accessible update on recent work and achievements, areas of interest and events. Current and recently completed projects are set out under key subject headings.
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