Brexit Themes   August 4^st 2016

Bob Earll, CMS – Communications & Management for Sustainability

Thanks to Louise Earll, Martin Brocklehurst, Bruce Horton, Daniel Owen

The idea behind this simple listing is to enable me to keep track of what has been covered so far. I’m keeping some of the commentary in single themes which are built and edited cumulatively, for example by Tuesday 2^nd August the Brexit and Fisheries theme will have 7 links to significant contributions to that debate. The hyperlinks are underlined. 

Brexit and the legal situation (Relatively timeless) Think leaving is going to be simple – think again – Prof Michael Dougan video   Watch this to see the threat to 40 years of environmental legislation (continue)

House of Lords review of implications

IEEP report on the Environmental Directives

Brexit & Governance

• Brexit Blog overviews   August 4th The deal and constitutional situation, dark humour
• Reshuffling our Future – Defra & DECC – All Change – UPDATE for the 21st July Eustace stays, Stewart moves, 25 year plan (Continue) July 21st
• Brexit & Big Decisions   Post Brexit Vote: Implications & Important Decisions on hold? Hinkley, Swansea review, London Runway, 25 year Environment Plan, SuDS Review

27 June 2016   Lots of changes even 33 days on. 

Brexit & the Environment: Who will speak for Nature?

Also See Water, Farming & Land use

• The Environmental Audit Committee are conducting a review of the implications on the Brexit decision on the environment – with a farming bias; they have written to Ministers to seek their participation.

• The threat – ‘Spirit crushing Green Directives’ – George Eustace Six Reactions – Stark realities for the Environmental Movement (continue)
• Post decision meeting Video with politicians at the RGS on what Brexit will mean for the environment 

Brexit & Fisheries

• Theme revised August 1^st – 7 articles

 Brexit & Marine Policy & Regulation

• Brexit: Marine Policy & Regulations New: Dickon Howell Blogs & IEEP – 3 articles including Steve Hull 19^th July   Outlines the risks to the Bathing Water Directive & Habitat and Species Directive 

Brexit & Science

• Brexit: Science suffering right now – Government silence Not ‘business as usual’  – clear evidence mounting of European funding collaborations being damaged (continue) 21^st July
• Initial reaction (July 12^th) The Science & Technology Committee are to investigate what leaving means for science   The chair of the Committee Nicola Blackwood outlines the key points  

Brexit & Water – Significant reactions

• Cathryn Ross of Ofwat.  
• John Armitt ICE Infrastructure needs   July 13^th
• British Standards Institute – a rather different take on standards  

Brexit, Water, Farming & Land Use   This issue has enormous implications for many areas of the water industry and this theme covers the main issues. July 28^th Two articles EAC Inquiry & 84 stakeholders write to Theresa May  

Brexit & Climate change

Theme article July 13^th 3 articles Parliamentary inquiry, NEF on implications & LWEC on Low carbon

Brexit Language & Deniers – The Post Factual Society