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==Overview==
==Overview==
The [[Environment Bill]] sets a new framework for environmental governance now that the UK has left the EU<ref name="GOV">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-bill-2020/10-march-2020-environmental-governance-factsheet-parts-1-and-2/ .Gov.uk]</ref>.It aims to respond to growing public demand for action to address environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, climate change, [[waste]] and pollution of the air, water and land<ref name="GOV" />. It also aims to drive the long term action nature needs to recover, through legally binding targets, the creation of a new environmental enforcement body (the [[Office of Environmental Protection]]) ([[OEP]]) and will place environmental principles in law for the first time<ref name="GOV" />.
The [[Environment Bill]] sets a new framework for environmental governance now that the UK has left the EU<ref name="GOV">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-bill-2020/10-march-2020-environmental-governance-factsheet-parts-1-and-2/ .Gov.uk]</ref>.It aims to respond to growing public demand for action to address environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, climate change, [[waste]] and pollution of the air, water and land<ref name="GOV" />. It also aims to drive the long term action nature needs to recover, through legally binding targets, the creation of a new environmental enforcement body (the [[Office for Environmental Protection]]) ([[OEP]]) and will place environmental principles in law for the first time<ref name="GOV" />.
 
The Bill has now receeivd Royal Assent and has become the [Environment Act 2021].


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Revision as of 14:30, 6 July 2022

Overview

The Environment Bill sets a new framework for environmental governance now that the UK has left the EU[1].It aims to respond to growing public demand for action to address environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, climate change, waste and pollution of the air, water and land[1]. It also aims to drive the long term action nature needs to recover, through legally binding targets, the creation of a new environmental enforcement body (the Office for Environmental Protection) (OEP) and will place environmental principles in law for the first time[1].

The Bill has now receeivd Royal Assent and has become the [Environment Act 2021].

References