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 between the EU and the UK.

“The UK is quietly diverging from EU environmental law, particularly in England. We are increasingly seeing a trend towards the EU improving environmental laws and the UK not following suit. In some areas, there is a real danger of us going backwards.

“This backsliding is problematic because not only will it weaken existing levels of environmental protection, but our trade and cooperation agreement with the EU has a specific legal commitment, repeated by multiple ministers, that the UK would retain high standards and not regress after Brexit.”

Read the full article in the Guardian, and IEEP UK’s research featured in the Guardian’s double-page spread looking at specific policy areas (19/01/2024).