Setting the bar for a Green Brexit in food and farming
This blog post is a summary of Setting the Bar for a Green Brexit in Food and Farming, a report ...
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Imagining the future of UK environmental law
While we have not yet left the EU, steps are already being taken to create a framework for post-Brexit environmental ...
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EU-UK environmental cooperation: Is the backstop the Goldilocks option?
Environmental protection is often thought of as a national responsibility, while trade agreements are seen as outward-looking. However, the distinction ...
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The Good Friday/Belfast Agreement and environmental governance: Risks and opportunities after Brexit
The island of Ireland is a single bio-geographic unit, with common geology, landscapes, water catchments, and flora and fauna. Ecosystems ...
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Dynamic alignment: A new policy principle in the making?
The news that talks between Labour and the Conservatives have moved down to the more technical level of individual policies, ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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