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Alternative means of reducing CO2 emissions from UK road transport
Up to 2020 greater use of renewable electricity is the leading alternative to biofuels to reduce the carbon intensity of car and rail transport fuels. To realise this potential requires a mix of responses, including: increasing the decarbonisation of existing transport fuels; improving the energy efficiency of vehicles; and changing the way vehicles are used.
air quality
bioenergy
biofuels
carbon
climate change
renewable energy
sustainable development
transport18 Mar 2013 -
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.
agri-environment
agriculture
biodiversity
cohesion policy
Common Fisheries Policy
energy
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Policy Integration
EU funding
financial instruments
fisheries
Habitats Directive
impact assessment
marine
policy instruments
regional policy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
structural funds
sustainability criteria
territorial cohesion
transport18 Feb 2013 -
Addressing ILUC? The European Commission’s proposal on indirect land use change
The European Commission’s proposal on indirect land use change – what’s in it for mitigating emissions? Read IEEP’s latest Biofuel ExChange briefing.
biodiversity
bioenergy
biofuels
land use
renewable energy
transport10 Jan 2013 -
Systemic approach to adaptation to climate change and renewable energy harnessing (Biomass and Mini-hydro)
Biochar has the potential to both mitigate greenhouse gases, and to act as an adaptation measure in terms of responding to the impacts of climate change. Based on its compatibility with the appropriate soil properties, it could increase the resilience of soil to erosion.
adaptation
agriculture
bioenergy
CAP
carbon
clean development mechanism
clean technologies
climate change
emissions trading
energy
flooding
greenhouse gases
market based instruments
transport
waste15 Aug 2012 -
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.
bioenergy
biofuels
renewable energy
transport31 Jan 2011 -
Study on consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars
The study examines the implementation of Directive 1999/94/EC relating to availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions with respect to the marketing of new passenger cars...
greenhouse gases
transport01 May 2010 -
IEEP’s Environmentally Harmful Subsidies Study Published
The report is a contribution to the European Commission’s ongoing efforts to investigate and reform environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS).The study is based on three methodologies developed by the ...
energy
environmentally harmful subsidies
market based instruments
transport
water
water scarcity16 Feb 2010 -
Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (EHS): Identification and Assessment - Case studies for the transport sector
This case study is part of the report 'Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (EHS): Identification and Assessment'. The study is a contribution to the European Commission’s ongoing efforts to investigate and ...
environmentally harmful subsidies
transport16 Nov 2009 -
An Analysis of the Obstacles to Inclusion of Road Transport Emissions in the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme
Reducing emissions from road transport at the EU level will contribute to global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gases thereby reducing the potential impacts of climate change. This report investigates ...
emissions trading
transport30 Sep 2009 -
Transport and Climate Change: the Policy Challenges
This note summarises the issues related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. It focuses on road transport as the largest transport sub-sector in terms of greenhouse gas emissions ...
climate change
transport20 Apr 2008 -
Biofuels for Transport – European and US Approaches
This paper summarises the nature of the EU and US market for biofuels and current policy approaches on both sides of the Atlantic to promoting the development of biofuels. The paper also examines some ...
biofuels
transport20 Apr 2008 -
Commission Publishes Proposed Regulation on Cars and Carbon Dioxide
EU Policy Briefing note - 21 December 2007
climate change
transport21 Dec 2007 -
IEEP Consultation Response on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting on Biofuels under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
This document includes IEEP's formal comments on the Department for Transport Consultation issues in June 2007 on Carbon and Sustainability Reporting under the RTFO. While we consider the proposals to ...
biofuels
renewable energy
transport12 Sep 2007 -
Unfit for Purpose: How Car Use Fuels Climate Change and Obesity
This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy and Adrian Davis Associates highlights the extent to which car use is implicated in the increase in obesity as well as rising carbon dioxide ...
climate change
transport12 Aug 2007 -
Inclusion of aviation emissions in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
This report details the results of a workshop organised by Peter Liese MEP, the Parliament’s rapporteur on the revised EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The workshop, attended by a selection of MEPs and environmental ...
emissions trading
transport06 Jun 2007 -
All at Sea
In the UK Department of Transport's ongoing review of its policy towards ports, there is a perceived lack of consideration being given to the sector's carbon dioxide emissions. In this context, IEEP was ...
greenhouse gases
transport31 Aug 2006 -
Sustainable Case for Rail Position Paper Launched
IEEP were commissioned by the RMT Union to produce a position paper on the sustainable case for rail. Initially presented at a RMT Parliamentary Group Seminar held in the Houses of Parliament in June, ...
transport02 Jul 2006 -
The Sustainable Case for Rail: Position paper by the Institute for European Environmental Policy
IEEP were commissioned by the RMT Union to produce a position paper on the sustainable case for rail. Initially presented at a RMT Parliamentary Group Seminar held in the Houses of Parliament in June, ...
transport11 Jun 2006 -
IEEP's analysis makes the news
Analysis undertaken by IEEP on behalf of the European transport and environment NGO T&E has revealed the slow progress of the carmakers' associations on their Voluntary Agreements for CO2 reduction with ...
transport02 May 2006 -
Reducing the Climate Change Impact of Aviation: Economic aspects of the inclusion of the aviation sector in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
This briefing reviews existing literature and outlines arguments for and against the early inclusion (e.g. from 2008) of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). It concludes that such an early ...
climate change
emissions trading
transport01 Mar 2006