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Trinomics to support the European Environment Agency with research on Green Infrastructure and Flood Management

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 26 November, 2015

Trinomics has been awarded a study contract by the European Environment Agency (EEA), in collaboration with ARCADIS Belgium, to research and analyse the various options for reducing climate change induced risks of flooding with green infrastructure solutions (such as natural water retention measures (NWRMs)). Further, the research will that present evidence of whether natural solutions…

Technical innovations and financial instruments for a circular economy

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 27 October, 2015

In the project ‘Technical innovations and financial instruments for a circular economy’, Trinomics has carried out for the Dutch Ministry of Environment an analysis of three sectors relevant for a circular economy. These are the plastics, electronical equipment and buildings sector. Three questions were examined in particular: 1) Which innovations are needed in this sector…

Issue Brief published: Deep Sea Mining: Hitting the Bottom or Taking off?

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 27 October, 2015

Report: Deep Sea Mining 2015 (1 MB)

Report: Deep Sea Mining 2015 (1 MB) The Centre Of Expertise on Resources (COE-R) has been created by HCSS, TNO and Trinomics. It supports industry and government to timely and effectively anticipate strategic opportunities and risks related to the sustainable supply of resources. The focus is on abiotic and biotic (non-energy) resources, referring to metals,…

Trinomics is assessing the access-to-finance conditions for investments in Bio-based industries and in the Blue economy

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 1 September, 2015

Trinomics, in cooperation with EY (lead partner), has been selected by the European Investment Bank to assess the access-to-finance conditions for investments in Bio-based industries and in the Blue economy. The general purpose of the assignment is to gather information and evaluate the need and potential for dedicated risk finance instrument(s) at EU level to…

Trinomics has examined Public Private Partnerships for ‘Inclusive Green Growth’

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 8 May, 2015

Report: PPPs and inclusive green growth (785 KB)

Report: PPPs and inclusive green growth (785 KB) ‘Inclusive green growth’ is a term that is now frequently used in development projects in order to state that such projects should foster and promote a balance between social, economic and environmental development. The Dutch Government is presently experimenting with partnerships between private organisations, NGO’s and public…

Expert assistance in support of the 7th Environmental Action Programme

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 16 April, 2015

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with ARCADIS Belgium, Technopolis Group and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), has been selected by the European Environment Agency as single-operator in providing them with expert assistance with indicators, analysis, assessments and policy evaluation in support of the 7th Environmental Action Programme. Over the past decades, with…

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

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 24 March, 2015

Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Layman's summary (4 MB)

Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Options Brief (285 KB)

Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Report (4 MB)

Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Layman's summary (4 MB) Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Options Brief (285 KB) Report: STOA Deep sea resources 2015 Report (4 MB) Trinomics (together with Milieu Ltd.) has finalised a study for the European Parliament, STOA Committee on deep seabed exploration and exploitation activities. This report provides a…

Trinomics part of winning consortium for major Framework Agreement for the provision of appraisal reports and thematic studies in sustainable growth

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 16 March, 2015

Trinomics, as consortium member, in collaboration with EY Belgium (lead), ARCADIS Belgium and ECOFYS has been selected by the Directorate-General for Regional & Urban Policy in the European Commission as one of the operators for a multi-million Framework Agreement for the provision of appraisal reports and thematic studies for sustainable growth that specifically aims to…

Efficient functioning of Waste Markets in the European Union – Legislative and Policy Options

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 6 January, 2015

Trinomics in collaboration with ARCADIS Belgium (lead partner) has been awarded a service contract by the European Commission’s DG Environment to analyse distortions of the functioning of waste markets in the EU, resulting from national, regional and local policy and legislation, and to recommend actions to improve the situation. The Communication ‘Towards a circular economy: a…

Trinomics to support AFD in analysing green skills & jobs in developing countries

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 8 December, 2014

Trinomics has been contracted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to support them in analysing the role of education, skills and employment in the transition towards sustainability in developing countries. The link between education, training and employment has been discussed during the EEDD conference, the Post 2015 agenda and at the preparation of the…

Trinomics to support the European Commission in the Implementation of Green Infrastructure

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 13 November, 2014

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with Alterra Wageningen, ARCADIS Belgium, REC, RPA and Stella Consulting, has been awarded a service contract by the European Commission’s DG Environment to support them in the implementation of Green Infrastructure. The objective of this assignment is to help further promote the uptake of Green Infrastructure (GI) across a…

Partnerships for development: do they contribute to Inclusive Green Growth?

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 21 October, 2014

Trinomics, in collaboration with AidEnvironment (lead), has been awarded a study contract by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (PBL) to assess the contribution of partnerships for development to inclusive green growth. This evaluation aims to generate insights in how to operationalize the concept and objectives of Inclusive Green Growth (IGG) through the mechanism of public-private…

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

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 20 October, 2014

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with Milieu Ltd, has been awarded a study contract by the European Parliament’s STOA Panel to carry out an assessment on technology options for deep seabed exploitation. The objective of the assignment is to identify challenges and opportunities of deep-sea resource exploration and exploitation to the European Union (EU)…

Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 23 September, 2014

Report: Resource efficiency in the building sector (5 MB)

Report: Resource efficiency in the building sector (5 MB) On 1st of July 2014, the European Commission published its Communication on Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector (COM(2014) 445 final), which is part of its Circular economy package. The main objectives of this Communication are to enhance the use of building materials in more efficient way and…

Trinomics to carry out Cost of Non-Europe Assessment of EU water policies

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 6 June, 2014

Trinomics, in collaboration with Milieu Ltd, has been awarded a study contract by the European Parliament to carry out an ex-post evaluation of European water legislation and assess the costs of not coordinating policies on a European level. With the Water Framework Directive’s (WFD) entry into force in 2000, the EU set itself long-ter, ambitious…

Financial Mechanisms for Industrial Resource Efficiency

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 27 May, 2014

Trinomics, in collaboration with AMEC Environment & Infrastructure UK (lead) and Hayecon, has been awarded a contract by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to support the IFC’s Investment Climate Department in developing the resource efficiency agenda for both public and private sector organizations, in particular by strengthening the approach to financial mechanisms as well as…

Strengthening the EU disaster management capacity – Good Practices on Disaster Prevention

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 23 April, 2014

Disaster management on a European level is well developed but still Member States have developed context specific and local approaches to different types of disasters. To enhance the European approach to disaster management, in particular disaster prevention, consultants from Trinomics led a consortium consisting of CIMA, Ecorys, CGIAM and University of East Anglia, supported the…

Supporting the dialogue on the state of the environment in the Arctic region

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 23 April, 2014

Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic geographic, economic and social landscape. Melting ice and longer periods of ice-free waters are opening up for opportunities for resources extraction, shipping and other economic activity. The developments are putting a potentially enormous pressure on the Arctic environment. To improve and enhance the future governance of the Arctic…

Green Growth: Definitions, Debate and Actions for a Green Economy

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 22 April, 2014

Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje (5 MB)

Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje – Presentatie IenM (1 MB)

Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje (5 MB) Report: Het Echte Groene Boekje – Presentatie IenM (1 MB) Green growth and the green economy are in the centre of public interest in recent years. The popularity of these terms stems from their embodied and positive claim that economic growth and environmental improvement can be combined. But…

Fiscal Instruments to stimulate a more Circular Economy in Scotland

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 18 April, 2014

Trinomics, as lead contractor, in collaboration with Optimat and Dr. Winifred Ijomah has been awarded a contract by the Environment and Forestry Directorate of the Scottish government to provide an assessment of fiscal instruments to stimulate a more circulate economy in Scotland. Within the context of Scotland’s Government Economic Strategy, Scotland is looking into policy…

Trinomics participates in Smart CO2 Transformation (SCOT) Consortium

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 8 April, 2014

Trinomics is one of the project partners within the FP7 SCOT Consortium (Smart CO2 Transformation – SCOT). Reducing CO2, protecting the environment and our resources, but also reducing dependency on raw materials is a major societal challenge. In this context, the EU has adopted ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990…

Trinomics evaluates European CCS Directive for DG Climate Action

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 7 April, 2014

Trinomics, as lead partner, in collaboration with TNO and Ricardo-AEA, has been awarded a major contract by the European Commission’s DG Climate Action to support the review of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS Directive). The EU Directive on the geological storage of CO2was adopted by the European Council on April…

DG Environment, European Commission published study on “Nowcasting of and target setting for resource efficiency indicators”

Environment, Published reportsBy Trinomics 4 April, 2014

Report: RE indicators (3 MB)

Report: RE indicators (3 MB) Indicators’ timeliness is vital for allowing quick and adequate policy response by policy makers. Early estimates and nowcasting are emerging techniques that are increasingly being used as a way to bridge the gap between the most recent reported observations of an indicator and its, as yet unreported, or even unmeasured,…

Trinomics selected for several Framework Agreements with European Parliament

Environment, NewsBy Trinomics 6 January, 2014

Trinomics has successfully been selected this year for several Framework Agreements with the European Parliament and its Committees. We are very pleased to provide our services, knowledge and advice to our EU MEPs, EP Committees and Panels. Among others, Triple E Consulting has been selected for: Framework Agreement on the provision of external expertise on regulatory…