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 incidences of divergence in environmental policy over the last two years between the EU, the UK and devolved nations, some of which threaten to be consequential in their impact.

The event was led on the day by Malini Mehra, CEO of GLOBE Legislators, and chair of IEEP UK, who moderated an expert panel that included Michael Nicholson, Head of UK Environmental Policy at IEEP UK, Helena Horton, environmental journalist for the Guardian, Antoine Oger, Research Director at IEEP, and Anand Menon, Director of UK in a Changing Europe.

During the event, the discussion covered important topics, including future areas of potential divergence, the case for dynamic alignment, the potential for different approaches post-election, and calls for more open transparency and reasoning behind decisions to diverge or align.

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You can watch the event in full in the video below, and download the presentation slides here.

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