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What are the Environment Agency’s obligations post-Brexit?
<p><strong>What new obligations and responsibilities does the Environment Agency (EA) have following the end of the Brexit implementation period? And what are the wider implications of Brexit on environmental...
What is the role of the Interim Environmental Governance Secretariat?
<p><strong>What is the remit of the newly established Interim Environmental Governance Secretariat (IEGS) and what powers does it have to investigate complaints against public authorities? </strong></p><p>On 19 November 2020, the...
Environmental law and the Northern Ireland Protocol
<p>We have published a new Practice Note on the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on environmental law, see: <a data-sf-ec-immutable=""...
What is the impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the energy market?
<p><strong>Following the end of the Brexit implementation period, energy trading between the EU and UK will now be governed by the provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). </strong></p><p>This agreement, which came at the...
What is on the horizon for net zero energy policy in 2021?
<p><strong>The Energy White Paper published at the end of last year, which set out the government’s plans for transitioning to net zero, has opened the gates to a plethora of policy activity in the coming year (and...
Comment—EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement impact on environmental law
<article><section><p>The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) agreed between the EU and the UK contains some ambitious language on climate change, but the effect of the broader provisions on environmental protection remains uncertain. The...