The Article 50 extension: Implications for environmental governance
In the early morning hours of 11 April, the European Council and the UK government agreed to extend Article 50 ...
read more
Three years on from The EU Referendum and the UK Environment
Three years ago, on 11 April 2016, we launched our first review on the EU referendum and the UK’s environment. ...
read more
Extending the Environment Bill to Northern Ireland: What changes are needed?
On 27 February 2019, Dr Denis McMahon, Permanent Secretary of Northern Ireland’s Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) ...
read more
Aarhus Convention response shows contrast in enforcing EU and international law
An official report on the UK’s response to findings that it is not complying with its international obligations serves to ...
read more
Post-Brexit environmental governance in Wales: A review of the Welsh Government’s consultation
Earlier this week, the Welsh Government issued a consultation document, Environmental Principles and Governance in Wales Post European Union Exit, ...
read more
Reality bites: The implications of scrutiny-free environmental law reform in Northern Ireland after Brexit
Presuming no alternative political course emerges in the meantime, on the 29th March 2019 a raft of new secondary legislation ...
read more
Interview: Charlotte Burns speaks to Environmental Politics about Brexit
The following blog post is an interview of Brexit & Environment's Prof Charlotte Burns by Marc Hudson (from the journal ...
read more
The repatriation of competences in climate and energy policy after Brexit
This post was originally published on the Centre on Constitutional Change Blog, and is based on an ESRC-funded report: The ...
read more
Environmental governance in Scotland: An analysis of the Scottish Government’s consultation
The Scottish Government has published its Consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance in Scotland, setting out proposals for the status ...
read more
Will the Environment Bill be a force for greener planning?
The draft Environment (Principles and Governance) Bill is rightly attracting a great deal of attention. It is the flagship legislation ...
read more
Air quality law for the future: Fixing the fundamentals
Air quality is a lightning rod issue for UK environmental law post-Brexit. The EU Ambient Air Quality Directive (AQD) and ...
read more
Four approaches to urban air pollution after Brexit
Poor air quality causes over 7 million deaths a year worldwide, especially in large cities. After Brexit, a critical environmental ...
read more