Blog - Brexit & Environment

The future of Welsh fisheries after Brexit

A new report for the Wales Centre for Public Policy authored by Griffin Carpenter and Chris Williams of the New Economics ...

23rd April 2018

Environmental policy post-Brexit: Still a risky business?

This post introduces Brexit & Environment's new report for Friends of the Earth EWNI, which looks at the risks and ...

12th April 2018

Fisheries policy and Brexit: A difficult balancing act

A couple of weeks ago the European Council published its draft negotiation guidelines for the next stage of Brexit talks ...

19th March 2018

Taking back and sharing control? Brexit and the common environmental frameworks

Debates about Whitehall ‘grabbing’ power from the devolved powers have surrounded the EU Withdrawal Bill since its publication. Both the ...

12th March 2018

Looking through a glass darkly: Public goods and agricultural policy

This blogpost highlights some of the points raised in a policy brief, New Directions: A public goods approach to agricultural policy ...

9th March 2018

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 ...

21st February 2018

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 ...

14th February 2018

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 ...

17th January 2018

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 ...

11th January 2018

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 ...

11th January 2018