1. An Introduction to IEEP
Patrick ten Brink
Senior Fellow and Head of Brussels Office
on behalf of the wider team at
IEEP
ptenbrink@ieep.eu
www.ieep.eu

2. IEEP is an independent, not-for-profit institute
dedicated to the analysis, understanding and promotion
of policies for a sustainable environment in Europe
IEEP funding comes from a mixture of independent,
more academic funding, consultancy type contracts,
public sector commissions and grant funding.

3. On what Issues do we Work?
Agriculture & Rural Development
Chemicals
Climate Change
Fisheries & the Marine Environment
Industrial Pollution
Nature Conservation & Biodiversity
Strategic EU Developments
Environmental Governance
Transport
Urban Environment
Water Management
Waste Management

4. What do we do?
eg cost of policy inaction on biodiversity loss (COPI),
Undertake research studies
Innovation and clean technologies
Do, contribute to impact assessments and eg Cars and CO2, IPPC revision;
SD of SF evaluation
evaluations
eg European Parliament -
Provide advice to national governments, European IPPC, EIA, REACH, Forest
Institutions, public bodies and NGOs fires, et al. Also on CAP
health check
Contribute to expert working groups eg CARS 21
Provide briefing and policy-tracking services JNCC & now for Brussels region
and EA in the past
Maintain a comprehensive database of EU
the IEEP Manual
environmental law and policy

5. What do we do? (cont.)
eg green paper on MBIs
Contribute to Consultations and their evaluations
eg ETS, CCS, SDS & the
Organise international conferences and
Beyond GDP conference
seminars
eg El Anzuelo on fisheries, IEEP own newsletter
Produce newsletters
eg Natura helpdesk
Web pages and help desk
eg lectures to Universities,
Provide education and training activities
training for civil servants
eg European Chemicals Agency,
Contribute to Advisory Boards
T&E, Triodos Bank

6. Who is doing the work?

7. Who do we do work with?
• The European Commission - DG Environment; DG Agriculture; DG Fisheries;
DG Regio; DG Research; DG Enterprise; DG Energy & Transport ; SecGen
• The European Parliament – Environment Committee, individual MEPs
• The European Environment Agency (EEA), JRC, IMPEL
• National Ministries - UK (Defra; DoT); NL (VROM); Denmark (DEPA); Malta
(MEPA); Belgium (Federal MoE)
• Regional authorities – Belgium (Brussels Capital Region)
• UK Statutory agencies - EA (England & Wales), JNCC, NE, CA, SNH, CCW,
ANPA, English Heritage

8. Who do we do work with? (cont.)
• Commissions: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (UK)
• Trusts and Foundations: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Energy Saving Trust, Oak
Foundation, Goldsmith Foundation, Volvo Research Foundation
• European Environment Advisory Councils (EEAC)
• NGOs - RSPB, EEB, WWF, CAN Europe, IUCN
• Industry - BP
• Institutes – IIED
• International bodies – OECD, UNEP `

9. Key questions at the core of IEEP work:
How far European policy is confronting the issues of the day;
How effective existing measures have been in addressing the issues
which they were designed to tackle – including the many variations
within Europe;
Improvements in policy that could be made;
Where policy needs to develop in future as agendas change.
How does EU policy affect National Polices?
How can national needs and perspectives feed into EU policy?

10. What are we proud of?
Biodiversity: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
launched by Minister Gabriel and Commissioner Stavros Dimas at COP9 in
Bonn last week. IEEP is part of the core team, and part of 3 contributing
studies.
Transport: Contribution to the development of the passenger cars CO2
legislation – involvement in the high level CARS 21 group, as well as 5
studies for DGENV and DGENTR informing the selection of instrument.
Agriculture: Contribution to the CAP Reform / health check – getting more
environmental measures integrated in the CAP
Climate Change: work on carbon capture and storage (studies) & wider
contributions on ETS et al (range of contributions at EP).
Industrial Pollution: Key contribution to IPPC review process, which led to a
Commission legislative proposal currently being considered by the EP and
Council

11. What are we proud of?
Governance: Contributions to SDS, EAP Mid-term Review, and Budget
review. OMC work. Beyond GDP and wider contribution to Better
Regulation
Evaluation and impact assessment: contributions to IA process (evaluation,
commentary) and contributions to IAs themselves.
Marine/fisheries: INDENT (indicators) work led to change of data collection
regulation (support ecosystem approach to fisheries management) and wider
contribution to the CFP reform
Regional Development: evaluation of SD of SF and contribution to 2007-
2013 plans
Market based instruments (MBIs): eg led the work behind two EEA reports
EU Enlargement and ENP work – benefits of EU legislation and energy. A
range of “benefits of compliance” studies that were used in Commission
dialogues with countries.

12. How do we contribute to Journals?
Europe's World
IEEP Advisory Board Member
European Environment
Editorial Board
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
International Editorial Advisory Board
ENDS
Editorial board of ENDS
Recent contributions to:
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
Business Environment News
Joint Implementation Quarterly
Clean Air and Environmental Protection
Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law
Energy Policy
Journal of International Maritime Law
Environment Information Bulletin
Journal of Water Law
European Environment Journal
Ocean and Coastal Management
European Environmental Law Review
Science of the Total Environment
European Water Management
Sustainable Development
Intereconomics, Review of European Economic Policy
The Environmentalist

13. Our work also gets press attention
Unfit for Purpose: how car use fuels climate change and obesity :
www.ieep.eu/publications/publications.php?pub=68392

14. IEEP website: www.ieep.eu

15. What are our Priorities for 2008/9?
The Economics of Ecosystem and Biodiversity loss & priorities for EU action.
Biodiversity and adaptation to climate change;
The climate and energy package of legislation;
Contribute to the biofuels debate using our cross-field expertise in transport, energy
and agriculture;
Ongoing contribution to the development of the Common Fisheries Policy and
supporting an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management;
Implementation of IPPC and its reform
CAP Health Check proposals and debate on future CAP reform;
Coherence and development of EU waste legislation.
Instruments for innovation.
Governance and better regulation: enforcement of EU environmental law, SDS,
indicators and decision making, and Budget reform

16. Questions ?
Brussels Office
ptenbrink@ieep.eu
55 Quai au Foin/Hooikaai
B-1000 Brussels and, of course,
Belgium
our 23 colleagues in: London Office
Tel: +32 (0) 2738 7482
28 Queen Anne's Gate
Fax: +32 (0) 2732 4004
London SW1H 9AB
www.ieep.eu
UK
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