Ecocentric Consulting

environmental consulting

Our projects and Publications

Please find below a list of outputs we have undertaken over the years.

Energy and Climate Change

  • Multi-Country Support to the Revised EU Emissions Trading System, for DG Reform, Ongoing (Peter Hjerp with Ernst & Young).

  • Assessment of the Long-Term Strategies of EU Member States, for DG Clima, 2022 (Peter Hjerp with Ricardo). Click here for project.

  • Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. Sectoral fiches for Cohesion Policy, for DG Climate, April 2013 (Peter Hjerp with J. McGuinn, L. Stokenberga, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, P. Banfi, A. Volkery). Click here for paper.

  •  Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy Technical Guidance for Common Agricultural Policy. Identifying the climate risks related to rural areas and adaption options, for DG Climate, April 2013 (Peter Hjerp with K. Hart, A. Bartel, H. Menadue, K. Sedy, and A. Frelih-Larsen).  Click here for paper.

  • Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy, for DG Climate, August 2012 (Peter Hjerp with A. Volkery, H. Lückge, J. Medhurst, K. Hart, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, J. Tröltzsch, J. McGuinn, I. Skinner, J. Desbarats, C. Slater, A. Bartel, A. Frelih-Larsen, P. ten Brink).  Click here for paper.

  • Governance Reform of the Clean Development Mechanism after Poznan, Carbon and Climate Law Review, 3(1), 2009, p5-15 (Ray Purdy).

  • Climate Change, Oxford Companion to Law (Oxford University Press, 2008) (Ray Purdy).

  • An Integrated Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in the UK. In: 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, (Elsevier Science Ltd and Curran Associates, Inc, 2008) (Ray Purdy with C. Gough, S. Shackley, S. Holloway, M. Bentham, I. Bulatov. C McLachlan, J. Klemes, and T. Cockerill).

  • Carbon Capture and Storage: Developments under European Union and International Law, Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, Volume 4(5), 2007 (Ray Purdy with I.  Havercroft).

  • Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage and the Law, Chapter 5, in C. Gough & S. Shackley (eds.) in Capturing Carbon: The Prospects for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in the UK, Ashgate, UK, 2006 (Ray Purdy).

  • The Legal Implications of Carbon Capture and Storage under the Seas, Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Volume VII (1) Fall Issue, 2006, p22-26 (Ray Purdy).

  • Geological Carbon Sequestration: Critical Legal Issues, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Working Paper No.45, 2004 (Ray Purdy with R. Macrory).  Click here for paper. 

Environmental Regulation

  • Mapping of Environmental Legislative Requirements for factories in the UK, 2024 (Peter Hjerp with Milieu)

  • Improving financial security in the context of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), for DG Environment, 2021(Peter Hjerp with Ecologic). Click here for paper.

  • Compliance assessment of measures by the United Kingdom and Gibraltar transposing Directive 2015/1513, amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, for DG Environment, 2021 (Peter Hjerp with Milieu).

  • Coping with EU Environmental Legislation – Transposition Principles and Practices, Journal of Environmental Law (2015) 27(1) 17-44 (Ray Purdy with H. Tegner Anker, K. de Graaf and L. Squintani).

  • Information Collection and Impact Assessment of Possible Requirements for Environmental Inspections in the Area of EU legislation on Water, Nature Protection and Trade in Certain Environmentally Sensitive Goods, for DG Environment, July 2013 (Peter Hjerp with A. Farmer, A. Volkery, M. A. Kong, S. Mudgal, L. Porsch, J. von Toggenburg and D. McKenna).  Click here for paper.

  • Environmental Complaint Handling and Mediation Mechanisms at National Level, for DG Environment, December 2012 (Peter Hjerp with A. Volkéry, N. Tilche, S. Mudgal, A. Mitsios, N. André, L. Wisniewska, C. Lucha, G. Homann, E. Tedsen).  Click here for paper.

  • Impact of Better Regulation on EU Environmental Policy under the Sixth Environment Action Programme, for the Brussels Institute for Environmental Management, June 2010 (Peter Hjerp with I. Homeyer, M. Pallemaerts, A. Farmer).  Click here for paper.

  • From Better to Smart Regulation - Implications for EU Water Law. The Journal of Water Law, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2010 (Peter Hjerp with A. Farmer).

  • Sourcebook on EU Environmental Law, for the European Investment Bank, March 2010 (Peter Hjerp with J. Armstrong, S. Bassi, C. Bowyer, A. Farmer, S. Gantioler, K. Geeraerts, M. Lewis, M. Pallemaerts, E. Watkins and S. Withana).  Click here for paper.

  • Improving the Practice of Impact Assessment, for DG Research, February 2008 (Peter Hjerp with K. Jacob, J. Hertin, C Radaelli, A Meuwese, O. Wolf, C.Pacchi and K.Rennings . Click here for paper.

  • The Enforcement of EC Environmental Law Against Member States, in J. Holder (ed.) The Impact of EC Law in the UK (Wiley Press, UK, 1997), (Ray Purdy, with R. Macrory).

Environmental Assessment and Planning

  • European and International Experience of Strategic Environmental Assessment: Recent Progress and Future Prospects, SEA Handbook, Edited by B. Sadler and J. Dusik, 2016 (Peter Hjerp together with M. Smutný, M. Hrabar, A. Jiricka, G. McLaren and J. Dusik). Click here for paper.

  •  Impact Assessment Study Regarding the Review of the EIA Directive, April 2012 for DG ENV (Peter Hjerp together with S. Mudgal, L. Van Long, A. Volkery, and I. Cools). Confidential.

  • International Perspectives on Land Use. Land Use Policy 265. s15-s29, December 2009 (Peter Hjerp with C Keenleyside, D. Baldock, & V Swales). Click here for paper.

  • Positive Planning for Onshore Wind, for the Royal Society for Protection of Birds, March 2009 (Peter Hjerp with C. Bowyer, D. Baldock, G. Tucker, C. Valsecchi, M. Lewis, and S. Gantioler). Click here for paper.

  • Costs and Benefits of the EIA Directive, for DG ENV, 2007 (Peter Hjerp with C. des Abbayes, T. Bole, A Dodoková, & A. von Raggamby). Click here for paper.

  • The Application of Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Fisheries Sector, WWF, 2006 (Peter Hjerp with J. Brown).  Click here for paper.

  • The Impact of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and the Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 1995 on the Delivery of Integrated Transport and Other Planning Policy Objectives (DLTR Publication, UK Government, London, 2001) (Ray Purdy with W. Sheate et al).

Nature and Biodiversity

  • Implementation of the Natura 2000, Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC and Birds Directive 79/409/EEC- Preparation for an ex-post Territorial Impact Assessment, for CoR, 2016 (Peter Hjerp, Ray Purdy with Ecologic). Click here for paper.

  • Guide to Multi-Benefit Cohesion Policy Investments in Nature and Green Infrastructure, for DG Regio, June 2013 (Peter Hjerp with P. ten Brink, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, L. Mazza, M. Kettunen, J. McGuinn, P. Banfi, G. Hernández).  Click here for paper.

  •  Background Study towards Biodiversity Proofing of the EU Budget, December 2012, for DG Environment, (Peter Hjerp with C. Bowyer, J. Desbarats, S. Gantioler, M. Kettunen, K.  Medarova-Bergstrom, S. Newman, J. Poláková, G. Tucker, A Volkery, I. Skinner, M. Rayment).  Click here for paper.

  • Intellectual Property Rights and Problems in the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of the Philippines in Legal Reforms, Chapter 14, in Ninan, K.N. (ed) Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity – Economics, Institutional and Social Challenges, 2009, pp 299–330, Earthscan (Ray Purdy with T. Swanson, and A.L. Uy).

  • An enhanced role for forestry in sustainable rural development, July 2002, for the Woodland Policy Group of the LUPG and the Forestry Commission (Peter Hjerp with H. Buller, M. Winter, C. Morris, J. Powell and J. Dwyer. Click here for paper. 

  • The Regulation and Control of Releases of Non-Indigenous Species in Great Britain; in Fisahn, A & Winter, G (ed.) Die Aussetzung gebietsfremder Organismen - Recht und Praxis, Umwelt Bundes Amt, Germany, 1999 (Ray Purdy with R. Macrory).

Waste

  • Study on the Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in the EU, for DG Environment (Peter Hjerp with V. Monier, M. Hestin, M. Trarieux, S. Mimid, L. Domröse, M. Van Acoleyen, and S. Mudgal, February 2011. Click here for paper

  • Impact Assessment of the RoHS Directive, September 2008, for DG Environment (Peter Hjerp with C des Abbayes,  L. Turunen, M. Liput, C. Bowyer, Ive Vanderreydt).  Click here for paper.

  • The Proposed Directive on Waste: An Assessment of the Impact Assessment and the Implications of the Integration of the Hazardous Waste Directive into the existing Waste Framework Directive for European Parliament, Policy Department, Economic and Scientific Policy, 2006 (Peter Hjerp with  C. Bowyer and A. Neubauer ).  Click here for paper.  Click here for paper.

  • EFIEA Workshop on Improving Waste Policy Through Integrated Environmental Assessment, 6 - 7 December 2004, Scotland House, Brussels, Workshop Proceedings, January 2005  with C. Monkhouse and A. Farmer).  Click here for paper.

  • Municipal Solid Waste Incineration: Health Effects, Regulation and Public Communication for National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection, Brighton, 2001 (Peter Hjerp).

Agriculture and GMOs

  •  Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. Sectoral fiches for Cohesion Policy, for DG Climate, April 2013 (Peter Hjerp with J. McGuinn, L. Stokenberga, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, P. Banfi, A. Volkery). Click here for paper.

  •  Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy Technical Guidance for Common Agricultural Policy. Identifying the climate risks related to rural areas and adaption options, for DG Climate, April 2013 (Peter Hjerp with K. Hart, A. Bartel, H. Menadue, K. Sedy, and A. Frelih-Larsen).  Click here for paper.

  • Methodologies for Climate Proofing Investments and Measures under Cohesion and Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy, for DG Climate, August 2012 (Peter Hjerp with A. Volkery, H. Lückge, J. Medhurst, K. Hart, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, J. Tröltzsch, J. McGuinn, I. Skinner, J. Desbarats, C. Slater, A. Bartel, A. Frelih-Larsen, P. ten Brink).  Click here for paper.

  • The Regulation and Control of Genetically Modified Organisms in the United Kingdom, in Winter, G (ed.) Die Prüfung der Freisstzung von gentechnisch veränderten Organismen, Umwelt Bundes Amt, Germany, 1998 (Ray Purdy with R. Macrory).

  • Cause for Concern: Procedures for the release of genetically modified organisms need closer scrutiny; Financial Times, August 14 1998 (Ray Purdy with M. Hession).

Environmental Policy

  • Development of an assessment framework on environmental governance in the EU Member States, for DG Environment, 2019 (Peter Hjerp with IEEP). Click here for paper.

  • Political, economic and environmental crisis in Northern Ireland: the true cost of environmental governance failures and opportunities for reform, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly,  Vol 68 No 2 (2017), August 2017  (Peter Hjerp with C. Brennan. and R. Purdy). Click here for paper.

  • Review of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) established under Regulation N° 1907/2006, for Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs 2017 (Peter Hjerp with VVA). Click here for paper.

  • Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland, Identifying Drivers for Change and Considering Solutions, March 2016 for RSPB, National Trust and Northern Ireland Environmental Link (Peter Hjerp together with Ray Purdy).  Click here for paper.

  • Study on Environmental Fiscal Reform Potential in 14 EU Member States for DG Environment, January 2015 (Peter Hjerp with M. Skou Andersen, P. Ten Brink, S. Withana, P. Razzini, A. Illes, K. Geeraerts, A.Ghiurc, T. Elliott, C. Sherrington, T. Vergunst, S. Ettlinger, L. Elliott and J. Hudson). Click here for paper.

  • Evaluation of Environmental Tax reforms: International experiences, for the State Secreteriat of Economic Affairs and Federal Finance Administration of Switzerland, April 2013  (Peter Hjerp with S. Withana, P. ten Brink, B. Kretschmer,  L. Mazza & R. Sauter).  Click here for paper.

  • Running Out of Time? Stepping up Action for Europe’s Environment, November 2012 (Peter Hjerp with A. Volkery, S. Withana, D. Baldock, D. Fedrigo-Fazio, P. ten Brink, and R. Sauter).  Click here for paper.

  • Manual of European Environmental Policy. Earthscan: London 2011 (Peter Hjerp wrote several chapters).

  • Qualitative analysis key results and policy implications. Integration of Mainstream Economic Indicators with Sustainable Development Objective, (IN-STREAM), for the European Commission, Date: December 2011 (Peter Hjerp with S. Bassi, L. Mazza, P. ten Brink, K. Medarova, S. Gantioler, J. Polakova, I. Lutchman, D. Fedrigo-Fazio, L. Baroni, & E. Portale). Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development, for DG Regio, October 2011 (Peter Hjerp with K. Medarova-Bergstrom, F. Cachia, D. Evers, M. Grubbe, P. Hausemer, P. Kalinka, M. Kettunen, J. Medhurst, G. Peterlongo, I. Skinner, and P. ten Brink). Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development: Supporting Paper 4: Case Studies, for DG Regio, October 2011 (Peter Hjerp with K. Medarova-Bergstrom, F. Cachia, D. Evers, M. Grubbe, P. Hausemer, P. Kalinka, M. Kettunen, J. Medhurst, G. Peterlongo, I. Skinner, and P. ten Brink).  Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development-Policy Instruments, Supporting Paper 5, for DG Regio, February 2011 (Peter Hjerp with K. Medarova-Bergstrom, I. Skinner, L. Mazza, and P. ten Brink).  Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development-Role of non-Cohesion Policy Instruments, Supporting Paper 3. for DG Regio, December 2010.(Peter Hjerp with I. Skinner, J. Medhurst, K. Medarova-Bergstrom, F. Cachia, M. Grubbe, M. Kettunen, M. Peacock, and P. ten Brink, P.  Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development-Cohesion Policy Performance, Supporting Paper 2. A report for DG Regio, September 2010, (Peter Hjerp with P. ten Brink, J. Medhurst, and K. Medarova-Bergstrom).  Click here for paper.

  • Cohesion Policy and Sustainable Development-a literature review, Supporting Paper 1, for DG Regio, April 2010. (Peter Hjerp with K. Medarova-Bergstrom, F. Cachia, D. Evers, M. Grubbe, P. Hausemer, P. Kalinka, M. Kettunen, J. Medhurst, I. Skinner, M. Thissen, and P. ten Brink).  Click here for paper.

  • The Future of EU Environmental Policy: Challenges & Opportunities, for the All-Party Parliamentary Environment Group. June 2009 (Peter Hjerp with by C. Adelle, S. Withana, D. Baldock and M. Pallemaerts). Click here for paper.

  • Critical Thresholds, Evaluation and Regional Development, European Environment, Volume 18, Issue 2, John Wiley &      Sons,7 January 2008 (Peter Hjerp with  P. ten Brink, C. Miller, M. Kettunen,  K.  Ramsak, A. Farmer,  and J. Anderson).  Click here for paper.

  • Environmental Compliance Assistance for SMEs: Analysis of Specific Initiatives at National and Local Level and Identification of Best Practices, for DG ENV, June 2006 (Peter Hjerp with C. Monkhouse, D. Wilkinson and M. Herodes).  Click here for paper.

  • Drowning in Process? The Implementation of the EU’s 6th Environmental Action Programme, for the European Environmental Bureau, London, 2006 (Peter Hjerp with M. Pallemaerts, D.  Wilkinson, C. Bowyer, J. Brown, A. Farmer, M. Farmer, M. Herodes, C. Miller, C. Monkhouse, I. Skinner, P. ten Brink, and C. Adelle). Click here for paper.

  • Mid-Term Assessment of the Community Framework for Cooperation to promote Urban Sustainable Development for DG Environment, August 2005, (Peter Hjerp with I. Skinner, D. Wilkinson, C. Bowyer, D. Hawn, M. Herodes, M. Fergusson, A. von Raggamby, E. Adamová and Y. Rydin).  Click here for paper.

  • Principles of European Environmental Law (Europa Law Publishing, Groningen, 2004) (Ray Purdy editor with R. Macrory, & I. Havercroft).

Technologies

  • Legal and Regulatory Anticipation and ‘Beaming’ Presence Technologies, 6:2 Law, Innovation and Technology, 2014 (Ray Purdy).

  • Evidence from Earth Observation Satellites. Emerging Legal Issues, Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, Leiden, 2013 (Ray Purdy, editor, with D. Leung). Click here for paper.

  • ‘Beam me up Scotty’, New Law Journal (2012) 5 October, vol. 162(7532), cover and pp1260-1261 (Ray Purdy).

  • The Impact of Satellite Technologies in the International Legal Sector: The Story So Far and Implications For the Future, in Derecho Espacial, 2012, Vol. XVII, M. Williams, Plus Ultra Press, Buenos Aries (Ray Purdy).

  • Attitudes of UK and Australian farmers towards monitoring laws with the use of satellite technologies, Space Policy, 27(4), 2011, p202-212 (Ray Purdy).

  • Using Earth Observation Technologies for Better Regulatory Compliance and Enforcement of Environmental Laws, Journal of Environmental Law, 22(1), 2010, p59-87 (Ray Purdy).

  • Satellite Monitoring of Environmental Laws. Lessons to be Learnt from Australia, UCL Centre for Law and the Environment Publication, November 2010 (Ray Purdy).  Click here for paper.

  • Remote Sensing and other Emerging Information Sources, UNEP’s Manual on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, 2006 (Ray Purdy was a contributor).  Click here for paper.

  • Satellites: A New Era for Environmental Compliance, Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, 3(5), 2006 (Ray Purdy).  Click here for paper.

  • The Heat is on, New Law Journal, May 19, 2006 (Ray Purdy).  Click here for paper.

  • Satellite Photographs: 21st Century Evidence, New Law Journal, March 7, 2003 (Ray Purdy with R. Macrory).  Click here for paper.

  • The Use of Satellite Images as Evidence in Environmental Actions in Great Britain; Droit Et Ville, volume n° 51, June 2001 (Ray Purdy with R. Macrory).  Click here for paper.

  • Applications of Earth Observation to the Legal Sector, British National Space Centre Publication, 2001 (Ray Purdy with C. Ainsworth, M. Anderson, R. Cleverly, D. Ong, & P. Miquet).  Click here for paper.

  • Legal and Privacy Issues of Spy in the Sky Satellites; Mountbatten Journal of Legal Studies, 3(1), 1999 (Ray Purdy).  Click here for paper.