On 31 March 2023 the UK government announced that the UK had concluded negotiations on joining the ‘Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’ or CPTPP.
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNISES CLEAN, HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AS HUMAN RIGHT
USING THE LAW TO FIX THE CLIMATE
LANDMARK LEGAL VICTORIES IN FRANCE, GERMANY, PROMPT NEW LAWS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
EU-UK TRADE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT – ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
On Christmas Eve, 24th December 2020, just one week before the end of the Transition Period, the EU and UK announced that they had reached an “agreement in principle” on a Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This covers tariff and quota free trade in most goods, and other aspects of cooperation on economic, social, environmental and fisheries issues.
Young Climate Activists Launch Mock COP Treaty
In the absence of world leaders, and with the UNFCCC climate conference at COP26 in Glasgow postponed until November 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, student climate activists decided to press ahead and hold their own online MOCK COP, which took place between 19th November and 1st December 2020. The full Declaration and Treaty can be read here.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ADOPTS CHEMICALS STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABILITY
On 14 October 2020 the European Commission adopted the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. The Commission’s proposals, which will now be debated and negotiated with EU Member States and the European Parliament, set an ambitious new agenda for chemicals regulation within the Union as part of the EU Green Deal.
COP26 AND BEYOND
We have just launched a new website and blog - www.COP26andbeyond.com aiming to provide new ideas and resources to young people in particular, so as to enhance the value of their participation.
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY ‘IEA’ HOSTS CRITICAL CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITIONS SUMMIT TO PROMOTE GREEN RECOVERY
WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY PUBLISHES FIRST REPORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRACY SERIES
In the first publication in its Environmental Democracy series, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has published the report by William Wilson on ‘ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTIONS -Parliamentary Oversight of Environmental Governance and Legislation’.