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🍿 Prime time pre-dinner slot for the environment in today's @UKHouseofLords debate on the govt's plans for retained EU law.
📺 Tune in to the debate 👇
🐬 Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville kicks off with a plea to save nature protection laws.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…
📺 Tune in to the debate 👇
🐬 Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville kicks off with a plea to save nature protection laws.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/0a…
🌊 Baroness Bakewell also highlights the threats to laws that protect our rivers and bathing waters.
📢 @this_damselfly from @WildlifeTrusts explains why these laws matter to nature and people.
wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ali-morse…
📢 @this_damselfly from @WildlifeTrusts explains why these laws matter to nature and people.
wildlifetrusts.org/blog/ali-morse…
🎙️ Dispatch box comments can get forgotten by new ministers says Baroness Bakewell
"...to have full confidence that the govt will do what it says there have to be clauses which ensure full legal protection"
📜 We agree in our @GreenerUK_ @WCL_News brief
greeneruk.org/sites/default/…
"...to have full confidence that the govt will do what it says there have to be clauses which ensure full legal protection"
📜 We agree in our @GreenerUK_ @WCL_News brief
greeneruk.org/sites/default/…
🌍Explainer! On #EnvironmentAct targets
Yesterday we made a formal complaint that @DefraGovUK missed its own legal deadline for publishing #EnvironmentAct targets in England.
These are important targets that will help set ambition for and drive nature’s recovery.
BUT ... 🧵
Yesterday we made a formal complaint that @DefraGovUK missed its own legal deadline for publishing #EnvironmentAct targets in England.
These are important targets that will help set ambition for and drive nature’s recovery.
BUT ... 🧵
... we also had quite a few issues with the draft targets @DefraGovUK proposed in the consultation (read via link 👇).
Here’s a couple we are really concerned about … and there’s a reason we’re sharing this with you …
consult.defra.gov.uk/natural-enviro…
Here’s a couple we are really concerned about … and there’s a reason we’re sharing this with you …
consult.defra.gov.uk/natural-enviro…
The point here is that most of what bothers us is in the detail, and we want our supporters to know what this is so you can judge UK Government rhetoric against the reality of actual proposals. Warm words are great, but we need action! So …
Yesterday, @DefraGovUK proposed a new statutory national water efficiency target under #EnvironmentAct.
So far so good.
But the proposed 20% reduction in water company 'Distribution Input' by 2037, per capita, is pathetically weak.
It means no action at all, here's why... 1/n
So far so good.
But the proposed 20% reduction in water company 'Distribution Input' by 2037, per capita, is pathetically weak.
It means no action at all, here's why... 1/n
Putting the target on a 'per capita' basis means any gains in water efficiency for the environment could be negated by population growth.
In an extreme scenario, if popn growth is 20%+ by 2037 then MORE water could be taken from the environment and target would still be met
In an extreme scenario, if popn growth is 20%+ by 2037 then MORE water could be taken from the environment and target would still be met
ONS's projections suggest population will rise by ~10% between now and late 2030s. If so, it means actual use of public water supplies need only fall by 10% to achieve the target.
Government has published proposals for new #nature targets. It's good to see the 2030 #StateofNature target to halt #wildlife decline recognised as an apex goal. Thanks to all who campaigned with us.
But overall the proposals aren't yet strong enough: wcl.org.uk/government-mus…
But overall the proposals aren't yet strong enough: wcl.org.uk/government-mus…
In particular, on biodiversity, the long-term target for wildlife (10% increase on 2030 baseline by 2042) could see species abundance *lower* in 20 years' time than it is today.
That's not in line with the Government's 25 Year Plan promise to pass on #nature in better condition.
That's not in line with the Government's 25 Year Plan promise to pass on #nature in better condition.
There's no target for the condition of SSSIs, despite the previous promise (below) that 75% will be in good condition by 2042.
The target for 500k hectares of habitat creation/restoration is a gross figure and does not take account of net losses, so we could see overall loss.
The target for 500k hectares of habitat creation/restoration is a gross figure and does not take account of net losses, so we could see overall loss.
