News Archive - IEEP UK

[Event] “The air we breathe”: Regional and local perspectives on air quality policy in the EU and UK

IEEP UK is organising an online webinar on Air Quality policy on 24 April (11.00-12.30 pm GMT) on Zoom. ...

[Blog] The long shadow of the REUL Act

Last year, the threat of sudden and large-scale revocation of environmental law in the UK was removed by successful parliamentary and civil society resistance to ...

[In the media] England won’t adopt EU river pollution rules for pharma and cosmetic firms

EU lawmakers have agreed to update the urban waste water treatment (UWWT) directive to tighten restrictions on water pollution. The directive creates new obligations to ...

Eating into ETS: Could food and farming be part of an emissions trading scheme in the UK in the future?

With greenhouse gas emissions reduction, agriculture has proved to be one of the sectors with the most limited progress and one where the debate around ...

Newsletter #6 – Divergence in EU/UK Environmental Policy

When IEEP UK started out tracking and analysing EU/UK and intra-UK divergence in environmental policy in 2021, we suspected that there was the potential for a ...

IEEP ex-Directors appointed to the OEP college of experts

Kaley Hart and Nigel Haigh OBE have been appointed as expert members to advise the Office for Environmental Protection. ...

Expert evidence helps shape the development of new environmental land management schemes

Over 45 experts from nine research organisations, including IEEP UK, have reviewed and rated the effects of different land management actions in a series of ...

Event Recap – “Is the UK diverging from European environmental policy?

On 19 February, IEEP UK hosted a webinar to discuss our latest briefing: "Divergence in UK-EU environmental policy: State of Play (February 2024)", which has revealed increasing ...

EU agrees new ‘right to repair’ rules

The EU reached political agreement on 2nd February on the Right to Repair Directive. The new law will establish obligations for manufacturers to repair common ...

[In the media] Chris Grey highlights potential risks of environmental divergence from the EU in the UK

EEP UK’s work tracking divergence in environmental policy between the UK and EU has been mentioned by expert analyst, Chris Grey, in a recent blog ...

[In the media] The Guardian: ‘Brexit Divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections’

IEEP UK’s Head of Environmental Policy, Michael Nicholson, was quoted in a front-page article in the Guardian, discussing the serious consequences of environmental policy divergence ...

Event – Monday, 19 February (12.00-13.00 GMT) | Is the UK diverging from European environmental policy?

Following our latest briefing, 'Divergence in UK/EU environmental policy: The state of play', IEEP UK will be hosting a launch event online to discuss the ...

Newsletter #5 – Divergence in EU/UK Environmental Policy

As we continue to monitor developments in environmental law and policy in the EU, UK and across the UK’s four nations, we have highlighted in ...

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