Six questions about common frameworks
Environmental challenges do not fit neatly within the geographical and political boundaries that dominate our approach to governance. Collaboration at ...
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A tale of two plans: UK and EU post-Brexit policy
The 25 Year Environment Plan published last month offers an interesting opportunity for the UK Government to project itself beyond ...
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The 25 year environment plan: The elephant in the room
Serving Prime Ministers in the UK don’t normally make big environmental speeches. Fewer still launch big, strategic environmental plans that ...
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25 year environment plan: ‘Global gold standard’ or green wash?
The much vaunted and long awaited 25 year environment plan has been published at last. Setting the government’s policy priorities ...
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GMO cultivation in the UK: Brexit, the devolved administrations and international trade
Brexit offers a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to renationalise prerogatives previously exercised by the EU. This opportunity comes with challenges that need ...
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The case for the green line: Brexit, the European Parliament and the ‘three Es’
It is all too easy in the UK ‘Brexiverse’ to focus entirely upon the UK perspective. Yet the views of ...
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5 governance principles for making environmental law after Brexit
Standards and policies set at EU level play a central role in the protection of the UK’s flora, fauna, air ...
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What will Brexit mean for the climate? (Clue: it doesn’t look good)
With Brexit negotiations stuck on divorce bills and borders, complex issues such as climate change barely receive a mention. Yet ...
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What is in store for the Precautionary Principle?
Right now, the fate of the EU’s environmental principles in this country after Brexit is being debated by the House ...
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Brexit & Environment: Taking the EU side into account
With the EU Withdrawal Bill entering Committee Stage this week, discussions on Brexit and the environment turn inwards – asking ...
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The UK needs a new independent body to protect the environment after Brexit
For four decades, EU legislation and policy has profoundly shaped the protection of the UK environment. It’s hard to predict ...
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Is the Clean Growth Strategy Brexit-proof?
The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy published the long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy last week, setting out the ways ...
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