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We work to influence government policy making for the good of society. View our latest position statements, reports and consultation responses.
IEMA's response outlines how the plans need to balance efficiency with robust environmental and social safeguards and highlights the importance of modernising the planning process while ensuring that any reforms do not come at the expense of environmental protections or public trust.
Through consultation with the Sustainable Finance Network Steering Group, IEMA has developed a response that broadly supports the development of a UK Green Taxonomy.
IEMA has submitted its response to the UK Government’s Planning Reform Working Paper, which explores new strategic approaches to balancing development and nature recovery.
The Energy Security and Net Zero Select (ESNZ) Committee is currently running an inquiry into developing the workforce needed to deliver the government’s clean energy ambitions. IEMA has provided written evidence to the Committee and in this short blog Ben Goodwin, the Institute’s Director of Policy and Public Affairs, sets out what we have recommended.
IEMA has published a response to the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s consultation on their draft supplementary guidance for assessing the effects of scope 3 emissions on climate from offshore oil and gas projects.
IEMA recently provided written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry on 'Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth' - IEMA's Rufus Howard reports
Each year, IEMA publishes a briefing note on the Conference of the Parties – IEMA’s Senior Policy and Engagement Lead for Climate Change and Energy Chloë Fiddy looks at the key topics on the agenda and the outcomes that IEMA would like to see from COP29.
COP16 will bring together the 196 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to consider the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework, as well as participants that include observer organisations such as NGOs, charities, businesses, local communities and indigenous peoples.
As IEMA will be attending COP16, we outline the key outcomes we would like to see from conference, including a focus on green skills, along with a helpful guide on what happened at COP15 and what's to come at COP16.
Prior to the political party conference season in 2023, IEMA published a series of key asks for policymakers. Following the
announcement of the general election, these asks were updated to reflect changes in the policy landscape and the evolving insights of our members.
This briefing note provides a short overview of what to expect at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in UAE. Once again we review the context, the agenda and set out what IEMA hopes to see as the outcomes. It also includes a lexicon of key terminology associated with the COP process and a reminder of some of the milestones reached in the past.
Through our key policy groups IEMA developed a series of recommendations for policymakers that we believe can help make the realisation of this goal a reality. Importantly, these recommendations should not be considered in a siloed way. All of these areas relate to one another in a practical sense and so should be considered as a package of joined-up interventions.
This document builds on the proposals set out in IEMA Core Principles for Environmental Policymaking (2022).
A COP15 briefing. This paper was created to help members unpack what was going on at this hugely significant event and, most importantly, why it was relevant to the risks and opportunities around nature faced by you and your business, and why COP15 might be the new Paris Agreement.
This briefing note provides a short overview of what to expect at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Egypt in November 2022. We look at the key topics on the agenda and the background context to some of the stickiest issues.
