13 Feb 2025
Five years after Brexit, this Green Alliance podcast reflects on its impact on environmental protection. This episode explores the fate of environmental laws inherited from the EU and the new systems put in place to watch over them. Photo credit: MC G’Zay Ruth Chambers, Green Alliance senior fellow, is joined by Professor Maria […]
03 Apr 2018
Parliament’s role in delivering a green Brexit – Lord Krebs Blog Posted on 21 March, 2018 by Green Alliance blog This post was first published by Business Green, and is written by Lord Krebs, an independent crossbench peer in the House of Lords. The decision to leave the EU raises many fundamental questions, not least of which is how to ensure […]
28 Jun 2017
Business Green on the Queen’s Speech The assertion of support for the Paris Agreement was welcome, the paucity of the government’s wider green programme was anything but First, the good news. The Queen’s unequivocal assertion that her government “will continue to support international action against climate change, including the implementation of the Paris Agreement” is hugely […]
24 May 2017
Running Order: Greener UK Hustings – Conservative manifesto commitments – CPRE & Green Alliance Assessments of the Manifestos – Energy – Marine 1. The GreenerUK Hustings: May 30th https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greener-uk-hustings-tickets-34567642750 A rare thing politicians discussing the environment! 2. The Conservative Party manifesto – link: https://www.conservatives.com/manifesto Check for yourselves Bob Earll ‘It seems to be a fair […]
06 Apr 2017
Industrial strategy fit for the future: perspectives on building a competitive UK economy Green Alliance ‘The UK’s industrial strategy aims to boost business productivity and create good quality jobs across the country, with particular focus in former industrial communities. Low carbon development and greater resource efficiency are important drivers of competitive advantage in manufacturing, agriculture, […]
08 Mar 2017
The Greener UK coalition of 13 major environmental organisations, including WWF, the National Trust, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts, has today launched its manifesto calling on the UK government to restore and enhance the environment as part of its plans for leaving the European Union. They say, “We are depleting our soils and water supplies, […]
08 Feb 2017
What’s the post Brexit future for farming in the UK? NGO’s set out their principles for the future of the countryside, environment, farming and rural development – Report Posted on 24 January, 2017 by Green Alliance blog This post is by Green Alliance’s chair, Dame Fiona Reynolds. For the many people who care about the beauty of our […]
30 Nov 2016
This report comes at just the right time when the debate about natural flood risk management is in full swing but also the Brexit agenda of what form Government support for farming will look like in the post Brexit world. It cuts to the heart of the discussion looking at the way tax payers money […]
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