The findings from the IPCC (2018) report led the EU to review the ambition of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement and subsequently the European Commission announced the European Green Deal in December 2019, which proposes to raise the ambition level of the EU's...

EU environmental policy has been continually evolving over recent decades as a broad range of legislation has been introduced at both an EU and Member State level aiming to mitigate the impact of climate change and support other core environmental objectives. The primary objective of this study...

The purpose of the report is to summarise the implementation of Directive 86/278/EEC on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (the Sewage Sludge Directive or SSD). The primary purpose of the Directive is the ensure that the...

The aim of this analytical report is to provide recommendations on the implementation of a policy support facility (PSF) to promote regional and local climate adaptation in the EU through the provision of technical assistance that progressively shifts the focus from planning to implementation of...

The study measured the current level of development of the collaborative economy of the EU-28 across the transport, accommodation, finance and online skills sectors. The size of the collaborative economy relative to the total EU economy was estimated to be EUR 26.5 billion (0.17% of EU-28 GDP in...

Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a systems approach to a more sustainable and integrated industrial system, which identifies business opportunities that leverage underutilised resources (such as materials, energy, water, capacity, expertise, assets etc.) (Lombardi & Laybourn, 2012). IS involves...

The subject of the Study is the EU Taxonomy, a regulatory and navigational tool that provides a unified and broad classification system for sustainable economic activities. It was primarily conceived to steer capital allocation by leveraging investors' growing demand for demonstrable sustainable...

This Study provides evidence on the potential costs and benefits for European micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that voluntarily report their alignment with the EU Taxonomy, a regulatory and navigational tool that provides a unified and broad classification system for sustainable...

This Study provides evidence on the potential costs and benefits for European micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that voluntarily report their alignment with the EU Taxonomy, a regulatory and navigational tool that provides a unified and broad classification system for sustainable...