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Climate Adaptation and Water
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This new blog by Ryan Meade discusses water issues in the context of the European Commission’s new Climate Adaptation Strategy. It raises concerns about the ‘predict and provide’ model of policymaking, calling for a more iterative a...
Après Moi, le Déluge? Water Security as a Tool of EU Foreign Policy
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As a vital component of the water-food-energy nexus, water has a geopolitical role as a strategic resource. ...
VIDEO: The Quest for a Global Climate Deal
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Ahead of a critical UNFCC climate change conference in Bonn in April 2013, this new video considers a dilemma that currently faces world leaders: How can a global deal be reached to tackle climate change? It explores some of the key choices to be mad...
EU ‘Justice Scoreboard’: the Contribution of Justice to Business
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The EU Justice Scoreboard analyses data on the ‘business-friendliness’ of Member States’ judicial systems for the first time. How does Ireland score, and what are the Scoreboard’s future applications? ...
Migration: The next frontier in the UK debate on Europe?
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Immigration is a leading concern of voters in the UK and in 2013 the focus has turned to migrants from within the EU. ...
IIEA Cybersecurity papers
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Two IIEA papers, by Paddy Buckenham and Eoin McDonnell, analyse cybersecurity challenges and actions being taken by key domestic, European and international stakeholders. ...
Europe, the BRICS and Global Governance
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In this blog Patrick Holden, University of Plymouth, examines the political implications of the BRICS leaders’ summit, which took place in March 2013. ...
Rejection of ETS “Backloading” Reform: Blip on Road to a Global ETS, or Signs of Worse to Come?
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This blog by Joseph Curtin looks at why the recent ETS backloading vote was rejected in the European Parliament and asks whether this should be seen as a sign of worse to come or just a blip on the way to a global ETS. ...
The Environment Agenda at the European Parliament’s April Committee Week
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The plenary vote of 16 April, at which MEPs voted to reject a proposal from the European Commission to delay auctioning of carbon allowances in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, has dominated the news and environment agenda over the last week,...
EU Environment and Energy Ministerial Meetings in Dublin – What’s on the Agenda?
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This blog looks ahead to the Environment and Energy informal ministerial meetings taking place in Dublin from 22 to 24 April.
The Evolution of EU Energy Policy
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From the start, EU energy policy has been about joining forces to achieve particular purposes. The particular purposes have evolved over time.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Climate Change and the Arts
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Ryan Meade considers the role that artists can play in creating a new narrative around climate change. He explores how writers, poets, musicians, painters and filmmakers can help to answer the critical question: how can we make people care enough abo...
New paper - Something Worth Working For: The Emergence of the 1973 Social Action Programme
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Paper examining the negotiations that led to agreement on a European Social Action Programme in December 1973 and the roles played by key Irish actors. ...
What farmers should do to qualify for the new CAP green payment
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This blog by Alan Mathews explores the debate about “equivalent measures” as a substitute for the Commission’s three greening measures.
Interactive Timeline of European Energy and Climate Policy
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This new infographic timeline sets out key milestones in the development of European climate and energy policy since the foundation of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951.
The Environment Agenda at the European Parliament’s April Plenary – ETS, Fish Discards and the Mackerel Dispute
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The European Parliament will meet in plenary session in Strasbourg next week from 15-18 April 2013. This blog tees up two key environmental agenda items for the week –the Emissions Trading Scheme and sustainable fisheries.
European Parliament Works for Food Aid for Europe’s Most Deprived Citizens
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43 million people in the EU cannot meet their basic food needs and the EU’s ‘Food Distribution Programme for the Most Deprived Persons of the Community’ is due to be discontinued at the end of the year. MEPs, including Ireland&rsquo...
Draft AGRI Report Highly Critical of EU Biofuel Proposals
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This blog looks at the new draft opinion from the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee on Commission proposals to tackle the indirect land use change impacts of EU biofuels policy.
