Farming lies at the heart of the most pressing environmental challenges of our age. It feeds populations, sustains rural economies, and dominates vast tracts of land globally. Yet, its footprint extends deep into our soils, water bodies, biodiversity, carbon emissions,…
Clean energy is crucial for the world, and it is essential that we increase the pace of deployment for these types of energy. Expanding solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower is necessary to diminish reliance on fossil fuels and reduce the…
Pesticides are widely utilised in the majority of the world’s modern agriculture systems, serving a crucial role in the protection of crops against insects, weeds, fungi and other agents that can cause yield loss and quality damage to food products…
Beyond emission cuts Any meaningful fight against climate change must centre on a rapid global switch to renewable energy. Solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, geothermal power and sustainable biomass can displace fossil fuels, and contribute to more secure energy infrastructure.…
A forward-looking breakfast meeting on Delivering Renewable Energy in Harmony with Nature was hosted by Claude Turmes MEP in the European Parliament, in collaboration with BirdLife Europe and RSPB, on 27th January 2016. The debate was an opportunity to discuss…
This report by IEEP assesses if there are differences in the costs of implementation of EU environmental law across Member States. Identifying differences in the costs of implementation can show where there is scope for best practice to be adopted…
We presented IEEP’s views on the sustainable use of biomass at the 5th International CelluLosic Ethanol (5ICLE) conference in Brussels, organized by the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission. The presentation focused on how to assess biomass availability…
The EU’s rural land is essential for delivering all ecosystem services – food, energy, timber, as well as clean water, carbon sequestration and landscapes, underpinned by biodiversity. However, there are tensions about how to produce more crops, timber and, increasingly,…
There is a strong environmental rationale for accelerating the development and deployment of renewable energy throughout Europe. Unavoidably, the scale of expansion in renewable energy needed to decarbonise European energy supply effectively, and the associated grid infrastructure, will have a…
The UK’s action plan on sustainable use of pesticides aims to: …ensure that pesticides are used sustainably by reducing the risks and impacts of use on human health and the environment and encouraging the development and introduction of pest management…