Client: NL – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BuZa) Implementation period: 2020 – 2020 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Global Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Jeroen van der Laan Assessing the Dutch public contribution to the healthy oceans debate The Netherlands has a long and rich history of working with the marine environment. The ocean and sea have been closely linked…
Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2020 – 2022 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Hans Bolscher, Irati Artola How can the air quality monitoring, modelling and plans be further strengthened? The aim of this project is to support the European Commission in the process to strengthen air quality monitoring, modelling and plans.…
Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2020 – 2021 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Kym Whiteoak, Graeme Nicholls, Andreea Beznea Does the EU policy on forest products and deforestation have it’s effect? Global forests continue to be threatened by deforestation and forest degradation, despite the integral role they play in…
Client: EC – DG TRADE Implementation period: 2018 – 2018 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: Ecuador, European Union, Peru Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Kym Whiteoak, Joris Moerenhout, Jessica Yearwood Travezán, Lisa Korteweg What have been the main environmental impacts of the Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador? The evaluation study will…
Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2018 – 2019 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment, Environment Policy, Resource Efficiency Topic: Green Growth, Green Skills & Jobs Experts: Rob Williams, Laura Baroni, Tycho Smit Does the Green economy contribute to the protection of the Environment in the EU? The European Union has a wide variety of Environment policies,…
Client: European Environment Agency Implementation period: 2018 – 2018 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme: Environment, Environment Policy Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Irati Artola Better policy-making: how do EEA countries evaluate their environment and climate policies? The European Union and its Member states have a wide variety of environmental policies in place and the effectiveness of these policies…
Client: EC – DG TRADE Implementation period: 2019 – 2019 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Global Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Jurgen Vermeulen, Kym Whiteoak, Laura Baroni, Joris Moerenhout, Niclas Gottmann How (environmentally) sustainable are potential FTAs between the EU and Australia/New Zealand? After receiving final authorisation from the European Council in June 2018, External Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström officially launched…
Client: EC – DG Environment Implementation period: 2019 – 2020 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment, Environment Policy Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Foivos Petsinaris, Joris Moerenhout How to improve EU policy on the treatment of end-of-life vehicles? Only a few decades ago, finding abandoned scrap cars along the roadside was relatively common in many European countries.…
Client: EC – DG Environment & DG Climate Action Implementation period: 2018 – 2018 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Climate Change, Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Katarina Svatikova, Foivos Petsinaris, Rob Williams, Liliana Guevara Opinska, Federica Gerber How could a Network of National Contact Points support MS participation in the LIFE programme? Launched in 1992, LIFE is the…
Client: European Commission – DG Environment Implementation period: 2016 – 2016 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Laura Baroni, Jurgen Vermeulen Have the objectives of the Batteries Directive been met? The overall aim of this study is to provide evidence to assess whether the objectives of the Directive 2006/66/EC (the Batteries Directive)…
Client: European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) Implementation period: 2017 – 2017 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Katarina Svatikova, Irati Artola Is the 7th EAP well on its way in meeting all priority objectives? In collaboration with Technopolis group, Trinomics has supported the mid-term review of the implementation of the 7th Environmental…
Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2017 – 2017 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Matthew Smith, Tycho Smit What were the driving factors behind the reduced emissions of key pollutants from large combustion plants (LCPs)? Between 2004-2015, the emissions of four key pollutants originating from large combustion plants (LCPs) in the EU have…
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…
Client: European Commission – DG Environment Implementation period: 2018 – 2019 (Ongoing) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Rob Williams, Jurgen Vermeulen, Federica Gerber, Koen Rademaekers, Graeme Nicholls, Kym Whiteoak How well has the EU freshwater policy framework succeeded in ensuring ‘good’ freshwater? EU Freshwater Policy aims to protect our waters from the adverse impacts…
Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2017 – 2018 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Jurgen Vermeulen, Tycho Smit Assessing the levels of mercury pollution in Europe and directions for improvement Mercury is a heavy metal that has negative impact on the health of natural ecosystems and human beings, if present in high concentrations.…
Client: European Commission – DG Environment Implementation period: 2017 – 2017 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Matthew Smith, Laura Baroni, Koen Rademaekers How fit for purpose is the EU chemicals legislation and how can this be improved? Chemicals touch upon almost every aspect of our modern lives. As a result the EU has…
Client: European Commission – DG Environment Implementation period: 2017 – 2017 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Matthew Smith, Tycho Smit How can EMAS be improved? In 1993 the European Commission developed the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). Since then, many companies and other organisations in the EU adopted environmental management systems, including EMAS, but also…
Client: European Environment Agency (EEA) Implementation period: 2016 – 2016 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Europe Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Lisa Eichler How can a better knowledge base and forward-looking information on systemic sustainability transitions help inform future policy-making? The European Environment Agency (EEA) has identified the need for ‘sustainability transitions’ in response to a variety of persistent problems…
Client: European Parliament – Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Implementation period: 2014 – 2015 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Lisa Eichler, Rob Williams If existing EU water-related legislation were to be fully implemented, and all water bodies to achieve a ‘good’ status ranking, the combined annual benefits could be…
Client: Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (ADEME) Implementation period: 2015 – 2015 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Global Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Koen Rademaekers, Katarina Svatikova, Jessica Yearwood Travezán, Irati Artola How can green skills and jobs in developed countries be supported, to enable a transition to a sustainable economy? The discourse on green jobs…
Client: European Investment Bank (EIB) Implementation period: 2015 – 2016 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Koen Rademaekers, Katarina Svatikova, Irati Artola What is the need and potential for a dedicated risk finance instrument at EU level to sustain investments for mature projects in bio-based industries and in the blue economy? This study assissted…
Client: Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Implementation period: 2014 – 2015 (Completed) Geographic coverage: Global Theme: Environment Topic: Environmental Policy Experts: Katarina Svatikova, Jessica Yearwood Travezán, Koen Rademaekers How to facilitate the transition to a sustainable economy in developing countries by promoting green jobs & skills ? The study aimed to provide a knowledge base regarding the role of green jobs and skills…
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…
Client: European Commission – DG Climate Action Implementation period: 2013 – 2014 (Completed) Geographic coverage: European Union Theme: Climate Change, Environment Topic: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Environmental Policy Experts: Koen Rademaekers, Rob Williams, Katarina Svatikova, Jessica Yearwood Travezán How many jobs will be lost in the EU as a consequence of climate change? The objective of this project…
