EU Environmental Policy – its relevance post-Brexit

Nigel Haigh, OBE, Honorary Fellow of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), will outline the history of the involvement of the EU in environmental matters, and the consequences on UK environmental policy of the 2016 referendum result. It is suggested that the biggest long-term impact of Brexit on environmental policy will be to increasingly weaken the UK’s influence on global environmental issues.

Nigel will explain that environmental policy (not just climate change) is at the centre of the EU and is a popular subject with the public. He will argue that the European Movement would do well to pay more attention to environmental policy. Finally, he will outline some steps that an incoming Government could take to bring the UK closer to the EU.

The talk will be followed by a panel discussion, including Klajdi Selimi, President of the Young European Movement; and Michael Nicholson, Head of UK Environmental Policy, IEEP UK and a Q & A from the online participants.