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Science for Environment Policy

A European Commission initiative providing environmental research findings in an easy-to-understand way.

Science for Environment Policy (SfEP) is a free news and information service published by the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) of the European Commission. It is designed to help busy policymakers keep up-to-date with the latest environmental research findings needed to design, implement and regulate effective policies.

Our News alert articles and Future Briefs are freely accessible through this site. To access SfEP content published between 2005 and June 2022, please consult the dedicated archive

News Alerts

Future Briefs

News Alerts

Restoration offers the biggest ecological benefits to grasslands
  • News article

Restoration offers the biggest ecological benefits to grasslands

Issue 609: Abandoning grassland, as well as a focus on monocultural plantation forests on the habitat, hurts biodiversity and affects its capacity to provide services which enable effective ecosystem functioning, suggests research from Estonia.

The evidence base for plastic pollution policies
  • News article

The evidence base for plastic pollution policies

Issue 609: Over the last decade policymakers across the world have implemented measures to counter plastic pollution. This independent study analyses these key policy initiatives and concludes that they are backed by science.

Future Briefs

Contact Us

Science for Environment Policy (SfEP) is a European Commission initiative. The secretariat is currently run by Ecorys.

For comments, questions or requests on this service, please contact us at ENV-SFEP@ec.europa.eu.

To get in touch with the researchers, please refer to the Source section indicated under each News Alert article.