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Support in developing integrated nature area management in the Netherlands

Biodiversity and Natural Capital

Client: Dutch Ministry of LNV Implementation period: 2020 – 2022 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: The Netherlands Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Kym Whiteoak, Irati Artola, Hans Bolscher, Jeroen Oomkens How to develop an integrated area management approach for the Netherlands? Urbanisation, sustainability, and climate adaptation are major intertwined challenges that the Netherlands faces today. The pressure on…

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Ecosystem restoration and establishment of green infrastructure to support commitments of the European Green Deal

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: European Environmental Agency – EEA Implementation period: 2020 – 2020 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Kym Whiteoak, Graeme Nicholls, Lisa Korteweg How can ecosystems be effectively restored throughout Europe? Maintaining functional, healthy ecosystems is imperative for the conservation of biodiversity and the essential ecosystem services that humans depend on. However,…

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Public financial contribution to international biodiversity of the Netherlands

Biodiversity and Natural Capital

Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Implementation period: 2019 – 2020 (Completed) Geographic coverage: The Netherlands Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Jeroen van der Laan, Vineta Goba, Tessa Zell Efforts of the Netherlands to scale-up international biodiversity finance The world is witnessing a steady loss of biodiversity, which has profound consequences for human well-being.…

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Evaluation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2019 – 2020 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment Policy Topic: Environmental Policy Experts:  Kym Whiteoak, Rob Williams, Laura Baroni, Graeme Nicholls, Vineta Goba, Lisa Korteweg How well is EU policy tackling biodiversity loss? This project will evaluate the progress made by the EU and its…

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Analysis of the Open Public Consultation on stepping up EU action against deforestation and forest degradation

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2019 – 2019 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Capital Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Koen Rademaekers, Matthew Smith, Andreea Beznea, William Keeling Can we step up our game to combat deforestation and forest degradation? This project focused on the analysis of data resulting from the Open…

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Support to the EU Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and follow-up

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2018 – 2020 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Capital Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Laura Baroni, Lisa Eichler Assessing progress towards the EU and global biodiversity targets The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a multilateral treaty aiming to achieve the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable…

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Supporting the implementation of Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: European Commission – DG Environment Implementation period: 2016 – 2019 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Lisa Eichler, Laura Baroni, Graeme Nicholls Provision of technical support related to Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 – Maintaining and restoring ecosystems and their services The objective of this contract is…

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Assessing the knowledge base on society’s dependence on natural capital in support of SOER 2020

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2017 – 2018 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Lisa Eichler, Laura Baroni, Graeme Nicholls How does natural capital benefit the economy and society? The objective of this study for the European Environment Agency (EEA) was to review existing evidence on society’s dependence on natural capital…

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Ex-ante impact assessment of the post-2020 financial instrument for environment and climate (LIFE)

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Environment, Environment Policy

Client: European Commission – DG Climate Action/DG Environment Implementation period: 2018 – 2018 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Climate Change, Environment Topic: Climate Finance, Biodiversity & Natural Capital, Environmental Policy Experts:  Rob Williams, Katarina Svatikova, Federica Gerber, Foivos Petsinaris What will the post-2020 LIFE programme look like? As the current programming period of LIFE (2014-2020) is coming to…

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Support to green infrastructure initiatives

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2018 – 2018 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme:  Energy, Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Capital Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Laura Baroni, Lisa Eichler, Jurgen Vermeulen, Graeme Nicholls How can the roll-out of green infrastructure initiatives in Europe be further enhanced? A financial and economic perspective This project focuses on expanding the…

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GrowGreen – Green cities for climate and water resilience, sustainable economic growth, healthy citizens and environments

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment

Client: Horizon 2020 project Implementation period: 2017 – 2022 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: France, Italy, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Lisa Eichler, Laura Baroni, Jurgen Vermeulen, Graeme Nicholls, Foivos Petsinaris, Kym Whiteoak A partnership for greener cities to increase liveability, sustainability and business opportunities GrowGreen aims to create climate and water resilient, healthy…

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Green infrastructure and flood management

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Environment

Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2015 – 2016 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Belgium, Europe, France, Germany, Poland Theme:  Climate Change, Environment Topic: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Lisa Eichler, Jurgen Vermeulen Will Green Infrastructure (GI) be able to protect us from flooding? The project focused on the potential for implementing GI in European…

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Technology options for deep seabed exploitation: Tackling economic, environmental and societal challenges

Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Environment, Environment Policy

Client: European Parliament – Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Implementation period: 2014 – 2015 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme:  Environment Topic: Biodiversity & Natural Capital Experts:  Koen Rademaekers, Katarina Svatikova What is the potential of deep-sea exploration and exploitation and how can the EU tackle the associated challenges? The objective of the study was to analyse the…