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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Post-Brexit options for UK chemicals law
What may happen to UK chemicals policy after Brexit? As a way of understanding why Brexit poses such challenges, I ...
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Who’s in charge here? Brexit, devolution and environmental governance
During the Brexit referendum campaign the cry of “take back control” was often heard but never followed up by clear ...
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The gilded green cage: Swiss agricultural policy and lessons for Brexit Britain
Switzerland sits outside the European Union (EU) and its’ much critiqued Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). From this position, Switzerland has ...
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Who’s afraid of the ECJ? Let’s debate environmental governance
Among the many proposals in Michael Gove’s thoughtful speech on the environment, one received less attention that we think it ...
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How will resources for the environment change post-Brexit?
Much has been said about the environmental consequences of Brexit, with the general admission being that Brexit will indeed be ...
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UK and Welsh waste policy after Brexit
While it is possible that UK policy will continue to track the progress made by EU-level policies for a circular ...
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Having the agri-food cake and eating it?
This week has seen the publication of two position papers from the UK government, on future customs arrangement and on ...
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