Potential of the Ecological Footprint for Monitoring Environmental Impacts from Natural Resource Use

Publication: Report
Citation: Best, Aaron, Stefan Giljum, Craig Simmons, Daniel Blobel, Kevin Lewis, Mark Hammer, Sandra Cavalieri, Stephan Lutter and Cathy Maguire. 2008. Potential of the Ecological Footprint for monitoring environmental impacts from natural resource use: Analysis of the potential of the Ecological Footprint and related assessment tools for use in the EU's Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources. Report to the European Commission, DG Environment.

Best, Aaron, Stefan Giljum, Craig Simmons, Daniel Blobel, Kevin Lewis, Mark Hammer, Sandra Cavalieri, Stephan Lutter and Cathy Maguire. 2008. Potential of the Ecological Footprint for monitoring environmental impacts from natural resource use: Analysis of the potential of the Ecological Footprint and related assessment tools for use in the EU's Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources. Report to the European Commission, DG Environment.

Potential of the Ecological Footprint for Monitoring Environmental Impact from Natural Resource Use

Dec 2006 - May 2008

Language: English
Authorship: Aaron Best

Daniel Blobel

Sandra Cavalieri

Stefan Giljum (SERI)

Mark Hammer (SERI)

Stephan Lutter (SERI)

Craig Simmons (Best Food Forward)

Kevin Lewis (Best Food Forward)
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Environment (DG Environment), International
Year: 2008
Dimension: 304 pp.
Project: Potential of the Ecological Footprint for Monitoring Environmental Impact from Natural Resource Use
Project ID: 968
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Abstract
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives of the project
1.3 Structure of this report
2 Policy Context for the Analysis
2.1 Sustainable Development Strategy
2.2 Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources (Resource Strategy)
2.3 Development of resource indicators
3 Analytical methodologies
3.1 RACER Analysis
3.2 Impact categories analysis
3.3 SWOT Analysis
4 Evaluation of the Ecological Footprint
4.1 The Ecological Footprint – methodology and application to be evaluated
4.2 RACER Analysis of the Ecological Footprint
4.3 SWOT Analysis of the Ecological Footprint
4.4 Research Agenda for the Ecological Footprint
4.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
5 Evaluation of the basket of tools
5.1 Objectives of the evaluation
5.2 RACER and impact analysis of alternative approaches
5.3 The basket of tools
5.4 RACER analysis of the basket of tools
5.5 Policy-oriented application of the basket
5.6 Communicating uncertainties and reducing risks
5.7 Research agenda for the basket
5.8 Conclusions and recommendations
6 References
Annex 1: Agenda for short/medium term improvements to the basket and its individual indicators: The Ecological Footprint
Annex 1a: Summary of the analysis and findings
Annex 1b: National Footprint Accounts: issues grid and references
Annex 1c: The research agenda in nine research proposals
Annex 1d: The research agenda Gantt chart
Annex 2: Pre-selection of alternative approaches
Annex 3: Detailed results of RACER evaluation
Keywords: EU

Indicators

Mobility

Further Links

PublicationArticleThe EU's Arctic Footprint

As part of the EU's efforts to define its role in Arctic management and decision making, the European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment funded the EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment to determine its impact, responsibilities, and policy options to... Read more

Cavalieri, Sandra et al. 2011: "The EU's Arctic Footprint". Journal of Nordregio, Vol. 11, No. 2, 27.

PublicationReportSummary Evaluation of EUREAPA as a Tool for Informing EU Policy Decisions on the Basis of the Footprint Family of Indicators

The OPEN:EU project team assesses the usefulness of the EUREAPA tool for policy makers at various stages in the policy cycle and across relevant policy areas. The report is meant to help users who are new to EUREAPA understand what is behind the tool and what they can... Read more

Bassi, Samuela et al. 2011: Summary Evaluation: EUREAPA as a tool for informing policy decisions on the basis of the Footprint Family of indicators. OPEN:EU project report.

PublicationArticleIntegrating Ecological, Carbon and Water footprint into a "Footprint Family" of Indicators

In this article, the authors provide for the first time a definition of the "Footprint Family" as a suite of indicators to track human pressure on our planet and under different angles. It builds on the premise that no single indicator per se is able to comprehensively... Read more

Galli, Alessandro et al. 2011: “Integrating Ecological, Carbon and Water footprint into a "Footprint Family" of indicators: Definition and role in tracking human pressure on the planet”. Ecological Indicators, 13.

PublicationReportPre-modelling Analysis of the Footprint Family of Indicators in EU and International Policy Contexts

Doris Knoblauch and Alexander Neubauer of Ecologic Institute analyse which EU and international policies can be informed by the three Footprint Indicators (Ecological, Carbon, and Water Footprints). Furthermore, the report uses the RACER and SWOT analysis to evaluate... Read more

Doris Knoblauch, Alexander Neubauer (with contributions from Nataliya Stupak) 2010: Pre-modelling analysis of the Footprint Family of indicators in EU and international policy contexts. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

NewsEcologic Institute joins Water Footprint Network (WFN)