Biodiversity proofing of the EU budget

This study shows how more can be done to firstly avoid and minimize detrimental impacts of EU funding on biodiversity, and secondly to increase biodiversity benefits.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SEA: Making an Impact? – 10 year conference on Implementation and Practice

IEEP’s Peter Hjerp presented at the special conference on Strategic Environmental Assessment in Prague on 21-23 September 2011, organized by the International Association for Impact Assessment, DG Environment and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

IEEP Evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry: Pre Budget 2004, the road ahead

The evidence submitted concerns one of the areas of focus of the EAC Inquiry - impact assessment. It focuses on the relationships between the EU and UK approaches, and raises a number of issues regarding ...

Sustainable Development in European Commission Impact Assessments in 2003

Applying Integrated Environmental Assessment to EU Waste Policy: A Scoping Paper for the European Forum on Integrated Environmental Assessment (EFIEA)

Aviation and the Environment: Using Economic Instruments, Final Report to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds