Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP)

In this Think Sustainable Europe podcast, produced by IEEP, we discuss COP30 , review the conference outcomes, and examine the politics of climate target-setting from the perspectives of two 2025 Council presidencies, Poland and Denmark.   Moderated by Krystyna Springer, IEEP Senior Policy Analyst in the Climate team and with the participation of Antoine Oger, IEEP Executive Director; Zofia Wetmań...

In this podcast, we will dig a bit more into the challenges of financing the transition towards sustainable agri-food systems and exploring existing tools and policy instruments that could help us to increase indirect public and private financing for the much needed transformation of our food systems.

In this podcast we talk about the COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity which takes place in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024 and which is defined as the "implementation COP" as negotiations will focus on finalising and agreeing on mechanisms for implementation of the GBF. Our IEEP Biodiversity analyst, Gabrielle Aubert, speaks with Nigel Dudley, whose work focuses parti...

In this podcast we talk about the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28 - which took place in Dubai in December, and which marked a the latest milestone in the global effort to address climate change and put our societies on a path towards a sustainable future. The conference was held against the backdrop of increasingly alarming scientific reports, emphasising the need for immediate an...

As droughts and floods are increasing and severely affecting agriculture production, EU agriculture ministers debated how to respond, so far mainly via the use of ‘crisis’ funds. These short-term fixes demonstrate the need for a longer-term vision and plan for the sector to become sustainable and resilient. With EU policymakers gearing up for next year’s elections and debates already beginning aro...

This podcast was organised by IEEP in collaboration with  Ecologic Institute  and the  International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) , two members of IEEP’s pan-Europan network of think tanks,  Think Sustainable Europe .  Taking stock of the mixed success of the negotiations, the participants touched upon the impact that a “loss and damage facility” would have on North-South relations...

In this new podcast, Gabrielle Aubert, Policy Analyst at IEEP discusses with two experts from the  Think Sustainable Europe  network the ambitions of the Post-2020 GBF and what is required to make it work from a point of view of land rights and climate diplomacy.