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Publication:Case Study
 
Müssner, Rainer; Anna Leipprand; Stephanie Schlegel et al. 2006: Deliverable 6 – CROSS-COMPLIANCE Facilitating the CAP reform: Compliance and competitiveness of European agriculture – Specific Targeted Research or Innovation Project (STREP) – Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area – Overview of certification schemes in 7 EU countries and 3 non-EU countries – Germany Country Report. Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin.

Overview of Certification Schemes in 7 EU Countries and 3 Non-EU Countries

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Presentation:Speech
 
On behalf of the European Commission, DG Environment, Ecologic Fellow Thomas Dworak participated in a workshop on the WFD and Agriculture and gave a presentation on EU agricultural policies and water management. The workshop was held in Malinska, Croatia on 25 and 26 April 2006 and organised by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) together with the UNDP-GEF Danube Regional Project.

Water Framework Directive and Agricultural Linkages at the EU Level: State of Play


Thomas Dworak

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Presentation:Speech
 
On invitation of DG Economic and Financial Affairs and DG Environment, Ingo Bräuer, Fellow at Ecologic, gave a presentation on the use of Market Based Instruments in the field of nature conservation.

The Use of Market Incentives to Preserve Biodiversity


Dr. Ingo Bräuer

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Publication:Policy Brief
 
With flooding in Central Europe once more headline news this spring and the loss of at least twelve lives across Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia, the proposal for a new Floods Directive from the European Commission in January 2006 seems like a timely intervention. Ecologic together with IEEP has produced a preliminary assessment of the Flood Directive proposed by the European Commission. It is intended as a policy briefing to help inform members of the European Parliament about the issues involved when discussing the proposal.

The Adequacy of EU Action on Flood Protection

Focusing on the Commission's Recent Proposal

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Publication:Document
 
First methodological ideas on how to proceed with the cost-effectiveness analysis under the EU Water Framework Directive have already been developed by a number of European Member States. Yet, important methodological challenges remain, in particular with regard to a scale adapted procedure. This paper takes up the current debate and develops ideas on how to address the problem of interlinking bottom-up and top-down approaches for the selection of cost-effective sets of measures under the Directive.

Selecting Cost-effective Measures under the EU Water Framework Directive

The Issue of Scale

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Publication:Article
 
Like environmental policy in general, water policy in particular is subject to constant change. In his article published in the journal Wasser und Abfall (Water and Waste), Peter Kessler describes the shift from an instrumental to an objective-oriented approach. While the water crisis in the Hessisches Ried was still mastered with the instrumental approach, the quality objectives of the German Länder Working Group on Water Issues (LAWA) and the water quality objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) represent the quality objective orientation.

Steuerungsmechanismen der Gewässerpolitik

Vom instrumentellen zum zielorientierten Ansatz

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Presentation:Chairing
 
The Directorate-General Trade of the European Commission held its "Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment Stocktaking Conference: Implementing Sustainable Trade" in Brussels on 21-22 March 2006. R. Andreas Kraemer chaired the key first session looking at the extent to which Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) have changed the way the European Union makes trade policy.

To What Extent Have Trade SIAs Changed the Way We Make Trade Policy?


R. Andreas Kraemer

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Presentation:Chairing
 
Ecologic Institute, as a Member of the Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development (BFSD), partnered with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Transparency International (TI) to convene an awareness-raising event showcasing the new Water Integrity Network (WIN) at the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico. It highlighted the importance of improving integrity and governance structures in the sector, as a precondition for meeting the ambitious Millennium Development Goals.

Fighting Corruption in the Water Sector – Bellagio Forum at the 4th World Water Forum and Expo


R. Andreas Kraemer

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Presentation:Speech
 
The RhineNet project, a multi-stakeholder initiative to foster sustainable water management through strengthening public participation in the Rhine basin, was featured as a local action at the World Water Forum held in Mexico City in March 2006. Nicole Kranz, Fellow with Ecologic, presented the key aspects and lessons learned of RhineNet on behalf of the entire project team in a session organized by the International Network of Basin Organization (INBO) on "Users' and public participation and common cause in basin management".

RhineNet – Linking-up the public for sustainable water management in the Rhine basin


Dr. Nicole Kranz

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Event:Conference
 
The German development co-operation is putting five million Euro towards the establishment of a trans-border protected areas fund for the Southern Caucasus. The Federal Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul made the announcement at the opening of the conference "Nature Protection in the Caucasus", which Ecologic organised, on 9 March 2006 in Berlin.

Working Together Towards Nature Protection in the Caucasus


Berlin, Germany

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Publication:Book
 
This systematic investigation of the interaction among international and European institutions provides both a theoretical framework for analysis and the first broad overview of this largely uncharted field of research. By offering detailed case studies and a systematic analysis of results, the book examines the effects of institutional interaction on environmental governance and explores the ways in which international and European Union policies can either reinforce or undercut one another.

Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance

Synergy and Conflict Among International and EU Policies

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Publication:Article
 
The atmospheric CO2 content, which might increase more than two-fold by the end of the century, not only has an impact on the global climate, but also directly affects the water balance of the terrestrial biosphere. Anna Leipprand and Dr. Dieter Gerten from the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research published an article in the Hydrological Sciences Journal that analyses these impacts.

Global Effects of Doubled Atmospheric CO2 Content on Evapotranspiration, Soil Moisture and Runoff under Potential Natural Vegetation

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Publication:Report
 
Herbke, Nadine; Thomas Dworak and Zbigniew M. Karaczun 2006: Deliverable 2.1 – WFD and Agriculture – Linkages at the EU Level. Analysis of the Policy and Legal Linkages between CAP and WFD. Ecologic/Warsaw Agricultural University, Berlin/Warsaw.

Analysis of the Policy and Legal Linkages between CAP and WFD

WFD and Agriculture Linkages at the EU Level

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