Global Issues & External Action

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• Winter Newsletter published

  The latest edition of IEEP's newsletter is now available with articles on the new EU Treaty, the impacts of biofuels on biodiversity, benefits of Natura 2000, and much more...

• On the road to Rio: European scientific community voices support for greener Green Economy

  Helsinki, 12-14 October. European and North-American scientific and technological community agree on their message for Rio+20, emphasising role of natural capital in underpinning Green Economy and echoing key messages from TEEB.

• 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.

• The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?

  IEEP and the Institute for European Studies (IES) is pleased to invite you to an Environmental Policy Forum on ‘The EU on the road to Rio+20: towards a sustainable outcome?’ which will be held on 23 June 2011 in Brussels.

• On the road to Rio: Preparing the EU’s position for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

  IEEP's Marc Pallemaerts and IEEP Board Member Derek Osborn will be presenting at a meeting on 4 May organised by the European Parliament as part of its preparations for the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012.

• IEEP Publication on the External Dimension of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy

  Marc Pallemaerts addresses the impact of the EU’s consumption of natural resources on the global environment with case studies of biofuels, the Common Fisheries Policy and the regulation of international trade in illegally harvested timber, in a new publication.

• The External Dimension of the Sixth Environment Action Programme: An Evaluation of Implementing Policy Instruments

  This report evaluates the EU’s progress on the external dimension of the 6EAP, with a particular focus on the EU’s consumption and production of global natural resources. It explores the EU’s activities ...

• Results of IEEP Research on Sustainable Development Indicators to be Presented at Commission conference

  On 30th September 2009, IEEP's Marc Pallemaerts will be presenting the results of an IEEP study commissioned by DG Research to a conference on "Research on Sustainable Development Indicators: Taking Stock ...

• Sustainable Development Indicators: overview of relevant FP-funded research and identification of further needs

  This report aims to assess the main FP6 and selected FP7 projects (and latest work programmes) which have examined (or refer to) indicators supporting the renewed SDS in order to identify trends and gaps in the research agenda and produce...

• Commission Issues Second Progress Report on Implementation of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy

  IEEP Analysis Briefing: Sustainable Development

• Improving Sanctions in Kazakhstan

  A new OECD report, produced with the help of Andrew Farmer, examines the scope and use of administrative and criminal sanctions for non-compliance with environmental law in Kazakhstan and makes recommendations ...

• Avenues for Improved Response to Environmental Offences in Kazakhstan

  Kazahstan has developed a series of laws and practices to deliver the objectives of environmental protection across a wide range of areas. However, the effectiveness of this legislation can depend upon ...

• Programme of Conference on the External Aspects of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy

  Programme of the Conference on the External Aspects of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy to be held in Brussels on 28 January 2009.

• Marine Protected Areas in Europe and the United States

  This is the final report of the T-PAGE dialogue on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). This report includes research papers produced during the course of the project. The papers include overviews of EU and ...

• Response to European Commission open consultation on requirements for a sustainability scheme for energy uses of biomass

  IEEP has submitted a response to the European Commission's recent consultation on requirements for a potential EU sustainability scheme for biomass used for energy purposes (separate from transport biofuels ...

• Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policies in Europe and the United States

  This is the final report of the T-PAGE dialogue on Climate and Energy. This report includes a selection of research papers produced during the course of the project on U.S. and EU actions on climate change ...

• IEEP contributes to study on the benefits for SEE countries of the environmental acquis

  This study, carried out for DG Environment by Arcadis Ecolas with IEEP, Metronomica and Enviro-L, explored and estimated the environmental, economic and social benefits that are likely to arise from the ...

• The application of the Almaty guidelines on public participation in international forums by Belgium

  This report, written for the Belgian federal ministry of the environment, analyses the extent to which and the way in which Belgium applies the principles of the Aarhus Convention in international forums ...

• 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 ...

• Implementation and Enforcement Capacities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the Environmental Acquis

  This report describes the existing administrative capacity for the implementation of the full range of EU environmental law in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It identifies the strengths and ...