Aviation and the Environment: Using Economic Instruments, Final Report to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
AUTHORS: Ian Skinner-Malcolm Fergusson In March 2003, the UK Treasury and Department for Transport (DfT) published a paper entitled Aviation and the Environment: Using Economic Instruments. The paper is to form the basis of discussions with stakeholders on the use of economic instruments to encourage the aviation industry to take better account of its environmental…
Review and Gap Analysis of Environmental Indicators for Fisheries and Aquaculture
AUTHORS: Chris Grieve-Niki Sporrong-Clare Coffey-Stefano Moretti-Natalia Martini The report conducts a review of current work in Europe and internationally on indicators for integration of environmental considerations into fisheries policy. It also outlines the fisheries policy context within which indicators are being considered, followed by a review of the work which was done by different organisations…
The Implications of UK Implementation of the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive
AUTHORS: Malcolm Fergusson-Ian Skinner The EU’s End-of-Life Vehicle Directive (2000/53/EC) came into force on 21 October 2000, with a view to improving the waste management of scrapped cars (or ‘end of life vehicles’ – ELVs – as they are known in Eurospeak). The UK is running late and is still considering how best to implement…
Best Practices In Policies And Measures To Address Climate Change: Opportunities For The UK And Germany In The International Negotiation Process
AUTHORS: Joy Hyvarinen The purpose of this paper is to consider how the UK and Germany could play a leadership role in advancing efforts to combat climate change through the process that has begun to consider ‘best practices’ in policies and measures under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.