Publication:Policy Brief

The Laeken Declaration, convening the Convention on the Future of Europe, submitted a broad mandate to it, requesting it to reorganise the distribution of tasks between the EU and the Member States. However, the Convention did not consider reallocation of competencies, but rather concentrated on the task of ensuring transparency for the delimitation of competencies. Ecologic published a Brief that presents the system underlying the constitutional division of competencies, points out consequences of the system, and assesses them from an environmental point of view.

The Division of Competencies

Reform Suggestions and Implications for the Environment

Year 2003

Publication:Policy Brief

The Laeken Declaration, which constitutes the mandate for the European Convention, calls for institutional reforms to improve the EU’s efficiency, democratic accountability and transparency. Although the Convention adopted the draft Constitutional Treaty in June/July 2003, its environmental implications remain highly uncertain. Ecologic published a Brief that analyses the draft Constitutional Treaty. Furthermore, it considers the potential environmental merits and shortcomings of the broader reform options which have provided the backdrop for the Convention’s discussions: What are the basic options for improving the EU’s efficiency, democratic accountability and transparency? How do they fare from the point of view of the environment?

Democracy, Efficiency, Transparency

The European Convention's Proposals for Institutional Reform from an Environmental Perspective

Year 2003

Publication:Conference Paper

On 19-21 February 2003 the international conference entitled "EU: CAP and Enlargement – An Opportunity for Environment and Nature?" took place in Potsdam, Germany. The primary goal of the conference was to analyse and discuss the complex interactions between EU enlargement, the Common Agricultural Policy and the related impacts on nature and environment. In October 2003 conference proceedings have been published in the series BfN-Skripten of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation.

EU: CAP and Enlargement – An Opportunity for Nature and Environment?

Year 2003

Publication:Document

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.

International Best Practices and Innovation

Strategically Harvesting Environmental Lessons from Abroad

Year 2003

Publication:Thesis

Peter Beyer's doctoral thesis focuses on an analysis of the integrated concepts of the Council Directive 96/61/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC-Directive) and its implementation in the German Federal Emissions Control Act, as well as in the Draft of the German Environmental Code.

Die integrierte Anlagenzulassung

Year 2001

Event:Workshop

Ecologic organises an international workshop on the "Economic Analysis according to the EU Water Framework Directive: Present status of Implementation" that will take place on 20 - 21 November 2003 on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear safety (BMU). The workshop is intended to further the international exchange of experience and addresses Member States and first Round Accession Countries.

Economic Analysis according to the WFD: Status of Implementation - an International Exchange of Experience

20 - 21 November 2003
Berlin, Germany

Project

The disposal of residual household waste in landfills above ground level can be avoided. This is the outcome of seven scenarios that have been set up in the study entitled "A Future Strategy for Municipal Waste Management (Goal 2020)". Commissioned by the German Federal Environmental Agency, the study was supposed to yield a technical basis for a strategy establishing the entire and ecologically sound recycling of municipal waste (goal 2020).

Future Strategy of Municipal Waste Management (Goal 2020)

Apr 2003 - Nov 2004

Publication:Policy Brief

This Ecologic Brief is a part of the project EcoFuturum "Europe's Democratic Challenge: Actively Shaping European Environmental Policy". It is part of a series of contributions to the European consitutional debates, and Ecologic thus continues its tradition of work on "Greening the Treaties".

The European Constitution

An Evaluation from an Environmental Perspective

Year 2003

Publication:Policy Brief

This Ecologic Brief is part of the project EcoFuturum "Europe's Democratic Challenge: Actively Shaping European Environmental Policy". It is part of a series of contributions to the European constitutional debates, and Ecologic thus continues its tradition of work on "Greening the Treaties".

Energy Policy in the Constitutional Treaty

Future Options for a European Energy Policy and Implications for the Environment

Year 2003

Project

This study on the Inter-Relations between Intellectual Property and the Conservation of Genetic Resources involved researching a range of global, regional and national laws and policies, and assessing these in the context of several commercial sectors.

Intellectual Property Rights Regimes and the Conservation of Genetic Resources

Sep 2002 - Jan 2003

Publication:Book

The interdisciplinary team of lawyers and economists, headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Juliane Kokott and consisting of Dr. Axel Klaphake, Dr. Simon Marr, Dr. Peter Beyer and Ute Beckert, recently finalized its study on international, European and national liability systems in relation to ecological damages, i.e. damages to water, soil and biodiversity. The study was commissioned by the German Federal Environmental Agency.

Ökologische Schäden und ihre Bewertung in internationalen, europäischen und nationalen Haftungssystemen

Eine juristische und ökonomische Analyse

Year 2003

Publication:Book

Ever since tourism became a huge money making industry, it has presenting both a growing problem and a unique opportunity for the environment. The modern tourist is concerned with preserving nature, but at the same time also affects it in multiple ways. How does German tourism policy and the tourism industry react to this dilemma? How do the different environmental policy actors behave?

Tourismus- und Umweltpolitik. Ein politisches Spannungsfeld

Beiträge zur Internationalen und Europäischen Umweltpolitik

Year 1999

Publication:Book

In a more comprehensive way than has previously been done, this book investigates the German water sector from the perspective of sustainability.

Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft in Deutschland

Beiträge zur Internationalen und Europäischen Umweltpolitik

Year 1999

Publication:Book

The strain placed on the environment by the tourism industry has grown drastically from year to year. At the same time, however, efforts have also been increasing at national and international levels to reduce this negative impact. In view of the significance of cross-border tourism, such efforts can only be successful within the framework of international co-operation.

Umweltschutz und Tourismus

Deutsche Tourismusaußenpolitik zwischen GATS und CSD

Year 2000

Publication:Thesis

"Trade and Environmental Protection" represents a cross-cutting issue area that must be simultaneously handled at different political levels. This book describes and analyses the institutional structures that are necessary for addressing trade and environment issues and indentifies integration strategies. In addition to being relevant to international policy-making, the topic covered in this book also reflects an area of special interest and activity at Ecologic.

Internationaler Handel und Umweltschutz

Zielkonflikte und Ansatzpunkte des Interessenausgleichs

Year 2000

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