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• IEEP is moving

  From Friday 1st Aug IEEP's London office will be located at: 15 Queen Anne Gate London SW1H 9BU All telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.

• Legal frameworks for the establishment and implementation of UK and European Marine Protected Areas

  This report funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is meant to inform the ongoing debate on the EU and UK commitments to implementation of marine protected areas (MPAS). The report examines existing ...

• New Report: the application of the Almaty Guidelines in Belgium

  This report, written for the Belgian federal department of the environment, analyses the extent to which and how Belgium applies the principles of the Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public ...

• New Report - Funding for Farmland Biodiversity in the EU: Gaining Evidence for the EU Budget Review

  This report, written for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), aims to initiate a transparent debate on the purpose, intensity and spatial distribution of expenditure on the EU's Common ...

• Research Brief on the Financial Contributions to the Aarhus Convention Presented

  A new research brief analyses the financial contributions of the parties to the Aarhus Convention.An IEEP research brief was presented by Marc Pallemaerts at a side event of the Third Meeting of the Parties ...

• The Cost of Not Halting Biodiversity Loss: Key Results and Insights from the COPI Study

  Patrick ten Brink of IEEP presented results of the COPI study for DGENV to economists from national administrations from across Europe at the Commission organised ENVECO 23 meeting on the 17th of June ...

• New IMPEL report examines practicability of proposed IPPC revision

  A new IMPEL report authored by IEEP sets out the views of IMPEL members on the proposed revision to the IPPC Directive. While there is general welcome for much of the proposal, concerns are raised over ...

• American and European stakeholders gather to discuss transatlantic climate change

  On 24 and 25 April 2008, representatives of civil society organisations from the EU and US gathered in Washington DC to exchange views and experience on the development, implementation and advancement ...

• CBD COP9: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) and the Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI)

  The cost of losing biodiversity due to policy inaction has been recently quantified in the report on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), launched on the 29th of May at the CBD COP9 by ...

• Workshop: Assessing the Commission's Proposal on Carbon Capture and Storage

  IEEP organised a workshop on behalf of the European Parliament on CO2 capture and storage (CCS), chaired by the Rapporteur Chris Davies, MEP.The workshop assessed the Commission's proposed Directive on ...

• Transatlantic Civil Society Conference on Climate Change

  On 24 and 25 April, IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will be hosting a civil society conference in Washington DC to debate the scale and effectiveness of action to tackle climate change ...

• IEEP's spring newsletter now available

  IEEP's quarterly newsletter for spring 2008 is now available.You can read the newsletter online or download it as a PDF

• Hearing on the Future of the EU Emissions Trading System

  The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) organised a hearing on behalf of the European Parliament on 'The Future of the EU ETS' on 15 May 2008.The official hearing on the Commission ...

• EU Budget Review: ‘Turning the EU Budget into an Instrument to Support the Fight Against Climate Change

  A report by IEEP ‘Turning the EU Budget into an Instrument to Support the Fight Against Climate Change' was presented by Marc Pallemaerts on the 14 April at the Centre for European Policy Studies ...

• IEEP Event: Transatlantic Debate on Marine Protected Areas, 16 May 2008

  On Friday 16 May, the Committee of the Regions in Brussels hosted the IEEP and NRDC transatlantic conference on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).Visit the T-Page conference page to find out more and download ...

• Better regulation for environmental enforcement

  A new paper by Andrew Farmer explores the importance of better regulation actions across the regulatory cycle. The paper is written to inform debate at the 8th meeting of the International Network for ...

• David Baldock Meets Gordon Brown and Stresses the Need for Binding EU Targets on Greenhouse Gas Reduction

  Following on from the January launch of the Commission’s climate and energy package, it is essential that Member States honour their commitment to ambitious and binding emission reduction targets. On ...

• Conference notice: understanding and comparing EU and US actions on climate change

  On 24 and 25 April IEEP and the Natural Resources Defense Council will be hosting a conference in Washington DC allowing civil society from both sides of the Atlantic to debate policy, contrast effort ...

• IEEP climate change report at centre of EP discussion

  A report on the complex links between global warming and the world's water - drawn up by IEEP, Ecologic and SYKE - had a central role at Fourth Thematic Session of the European Parliament's Temporary Climate ...

• Briefing for MPs on the EU Reform Treaty

  IEEP sent a briefing to MPs on the EU Reform Treaty to mark the start of the ratification process on 21 January. In collaboration with WWF and Green Alliance, the briefing aimed to focus the debate in ...