Key points from the Committee on Climate Change’s report on the Clean Growth Strategy
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) today published its analysis of the Clean Growth Strategy (CGS), the government’s blueprint for meeting the ta...
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There’s a danger UK nations will all go their own way on environment post-Brexit
This post is by Donal McCarthy, senior policy officer at the RSPB and co-ordinator of the Greener UK ‘Brexit and Devolution’ working group. From t...
The future of upland farming in the UK: what farmers are facing
This post is by Chris Clark of Nethergill Farm. It is the first in a short series about the options for the future of upland hill farming in the UK. W...
Here’s what Theresa May should now do to end plastic pollution
After years of waiting, we finally have it: this morning, Theresa May launched her government’s 25 year plan for the environment. By far the most ta...
The prime minister’s environment speech must herald a shift to restore nature
Tomorrow, Theresa May will deliver a major speech on the environment, it will be the first keynote environment speech delivered by a British prime min...
Nature can’t wait for the Brexit timetable
This post is by Tom Lancaster, senior policy officer at the RSPB, and Marcus Gilleard, senior policy programme manager at the National Trust. For a co...
Big New Year questions on the environment and politics
New Year articles and blogs often predict what is going to happen in the year ahead. But after the political upsets of the past couple years, it seems...
Was 2017 a turning point for the UK’s environment?
As we entered 2017, the UK was on edge, with the government’s plans for Brexit unclear, and the environmental dimensions of that even more so. While...
Let’s banish the ghosts of the past and do better on waste in future
Nearly 175 years ago, Charles Dickens ‘invented’ the modern holiday of Christmas through A Christmas Carol, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s tran...
Civil society must have a role in scrutinising the UK’s future trade policy
This post is by former MEP Michael Hindley. He is now trade policy adviser to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Consideration of th...
