Business as usual won’t tackle the challenges we face, warns Environment Agency

The Environment Agency has launched its 5-year plan for reaching a greener, healthier future.

Returning to business as usual after the Coronavirus pandemic won’t be enough to address the challenges of the future, warns Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency.

Instead of working to return to a world we once knew, the Environment Agency is today setting out how it plans to lead the way toward a greener, healthier future.

Its new 5 year plan, EA2025, calls for a new approach which promotes health, equity and environmental enhancement and says that the Coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity to reshape a better future. It can help society better understand the largest public health threat of the century: climate change.

Read more and download EA2025 here.

Also from the EA, an interesting speech from the Chief Executive

“Events, Dear Boy”: managing incidents before they become crises

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Whitehall and Industry Group, 7 July 2020