A virtual meeting of the EU’s chemicals Enforcement Forum on 22-25 June 2020 agreed that its enforcement focus for 2022, with preparation in 2021, would be integrated checks of products – mostly articles but also mixtures, and mostly expected to be consumer products.
WELSH PARLIAMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT & RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORTS ON LEGISLATIVE CONSENT FOR UK ENVIRONMENT BILL
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ‘NIA’ REPORT STAKES CLAIM FOR NUCLEAR IN A NET ZERO ECONOMY
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’.
Education and COVID-19: ideas for a fairer, greener, youth-centred future
EXEMPTIONS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES: WILL THESE BE THE SILLIEST ADDITIONS TO THE STATUTE BOOK FOR 2020?
WITHOUT AMENDMENT, THE ENVIRONMENT BILL WILL LOWER STANDARDS OF PROTECTION OF AIR QUALITY IN ENGLAND
The Environment Bill is currently before the House of Commons, but the proceedings at Committee stage were suspended until further notice on 19th March 2020 due to the pressing demands of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The Bill is now due back for Report stage in June 2020. However, what is already clear is that the Environment Bill for England will constitute a significant dilution of air quality standards.
Education and COVID-19: the response in England
Education and COVID-19: the impact on vulnerable children worldwide
Education and COVID-19: the impact in England
Across the world over 1.2 billion children have had their education affected by lockdowns imposed in response to covid-19. England is no exception (I will focus on England as education is a devolved responsibility in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). On April 29th, opening the inquiry into the impact of covid-19 on education, Robert Halfon MP was frank:
GREEN RECOVERY WEBINAR
Is covid-19 solving our air pollution problem? Some new data from the UK
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that air pollution kills an estimated 7 million people per year worldwide, and some 4.2 million premature deaths per year are caused by exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution. The WHO estimates that 91% of the world’s population lives in places where air pollution levels exceed the WHO limits reflected in its guidelines.