Hansen, Wenke; Tanja Dräger and Ruta Landgrebe 2004: Capacity Building on the Community's Environmental Policy. EU Legislation on river basin management and the reduction of nutrient pollution. Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.
Dworak, Thomas 2003: Legal and policy framework for flood prevention and remediation in Germany. Review of laws, policies and instruments. For the Séminaire EPR "aspects of flood risk management in Europe". Comparison of six national practices in vulnerability reduction and compensations: Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland. Berlin.
As state and local governments in the U.S. respond to demanding and complex environmental challenges, environmental policies and best practices from overseas are serving as important models. The reasons are clear – countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Australia have addressed similar environmental challenges by developing and implementing creative and often highly successful solutions. The adaptation of international best practices and innovation in environmental policies represents an important and powerful paradigm shift – from one of exporting environmental expertise and dollars, to one of importing good ideas from around the globe. The paper is available for download.
Businesses, cities, states, universities and churches are striving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the Earth's climate. A new transatlantic survey by Michael Northrop reveals a multitude of initiatives, both in the U.S. and in Europe. Michael Northrop directs the Sustainable Development grantmaking program at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) in New York City and is the author of this paper.
Kokott, Juliane; Axel Klaphake; Simon Marr et al. 2002: Ausgestaltung der Umwelthaftung in internationalen, europäischen und nationalen Haftungsregimen sowie Methoden der Schadensberechnung. [Gutachten im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamts entstanden im Rahmen des Forschungsvorhabens FKZ 201 18 101]. St. Gallen: Universität St. Gallen.
Stilwell, Matthew; Richard Tarasofsky 2001: Towards Coherent Environmental and Economic Governance. Legal and Practical Approaches to MEA-WTO Linkages.
Bär, Stefani; Darla Nickel und Sarah Reichel 2001: ISPA – Lessons Learned: A Comprehensive Checklist for Successful ISPA Proposals. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.
This background paper prepared by Ecologic Institute was presented at the conference called "River Basin Management and Ecological Water Quality", that took place in June 2001 in Roosta (Estonia). The paper was compiled as a decent preparation for the participants of the conference.
Bär, Stefani; R. Andreas Kraemer 1999: Regierungskonferenz 2000. Anforderungen aus Umweltperspektive zur nächsten Reform des EU-Vertragswerkes. Berlin.
Homeyer, Ingmar von; Stefani Bär 1999: Stellungnahme zum Screening für die fünf mittel- und osteuropäischen Beitrittsländer und zum Gesamtdokument der Europäischen Kommission zu den Fortschritten der Bewerberländer auf dem Weg zum Beitritt. Ecologic - Gesellschaft für Internationale und Europäische Umweltforschung, Berlin.
Ecologic prepared an introduction to the 'Reference Manual on Twinning Projects' by the European Commission. The manual contains a complex set of rules and requirements to which twinning projects must conform.