Environmental Fiscal Reform in the European Semester
A recent study by Eunomia, IEEP and Aarhus University identifies the potential for environmental fiscal reform in 14 Member States.
Peter Hjerp
Specialist Subjects:
- EU Funding Instruments,
- environmental law,
- environmental policy intergration,
- environmental assessments
Profile:
Peter worked at IEEP for over fifteen years on a wide range of environmental topics. He has managed large consortiums for major EU projects on environmental integration into EU funding instruments. These projects have provided guidelines on climate and biodiversity proofing of Cohesion Policy and CAP and guidelines on the benefits that can be achieved through investments in biodiversity, nature protection, and green infrastructure. He has also contributed to several transposition and implementation studies as well as the regulatory development of EU legislation, including Impact Assessments. Peter also has a well-established reputation in environmental assessments, contributing for example to the policy assessment of TEEB the development of Strategic Environmental Assessment. In late 2014 Peter co-funded Ecocentric Consulting. Peter holds Master’s degrees from both London School of Economics and Helsinki University of Technology
Appears in:
Enhancing enforcement obligations for EU environmental law
A new study examines the challenge Member States face in ensuring inspection and enforcement of EU environmental law and considers the option of a new horizontal law to strengthen these requirements.
Evaluating international experiences with environmental tax reform
Today, there is close to 25 years of experience with environmental tax reforms (ETR), with a growing number of countries engaging in ETR for various reasons. International experiences provide important insights on the design and implementation of ETR to facilitate more effective use of such instruments in the wider policy mix.
The Guide to Multi-Benefit Cohesion Policy Investments in Nature and Green Infrastructure
Investments in nature and green infrastructure have helped meet Cohesion Policy objectives and vice-versa. This new guide presents some examples, tools and approaches making it a useful toolkit for stakeholders implementing Cohesion Policy up to 2020.
How to climate-proof CAP and Cohesion spending
The Commission has published two key technical guidance documents on climate proofing of Cohesion Policy and CAP expenditure as part of the Adaptation Strategy Package. Guidance builds on work carried out by a consortium led by IEEP.