Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development


Climate Change Research Networks

Concerted Action on Tradeable Emissions Permits (CATEP) Network: FIELD is a member of the Concerted Action on Tradeable Emissions Permits Network. CATEP is co-ordinated by The Environmental Institute, University College Dublin, and funded by DG Research of the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme for Research. The project organises a series of workshops on key issues related to emissions trading. More information on the project can be found on the CATEP website.

On 7-8 February 2003 FIELD, in cooperation with UNEP and the Central European University (CEU) organized the 4th CATEP workshop in Budapest, Hungary. The programme and presentations of that workshop can be found here.

Enforcing Environmental Policy Network (EEP): FIELD is a member of EEP, a European Research Training Network aimed at enhancing the scientific knowledge of the functioning and effectiveness of various instruments, both local and international, in climate change and air pollution policies. The EEP network is co-ordinated by the Environmental Law Research Centre (FSUR) of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, and funded by DG Research of the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme for Research. More information on the network can be found on the EEP website.

Climate Action Network: FIELD is also an active member of Climate Action Network (CAN). CAN is a global network of over 287 Non- Governmental Organizations working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. Climate Change: The International Legal Framework Climate Change Research Networks. More information on the network can be found on the CAN website.