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A personal account of Eco-Anxiety and Climate Emergency declaration by James Dixon FIEMA CEnv, Head of Sustainability at Newcastle Hospitals
In June 2019 Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital was the first (and, to date, only) NHS Trust to officially declare a climate emergency, and to commit to being Zero Carbon by 2040.
The Year of Green Action 2019
We know from recent Ipso Mori polls that the environment is for the first time considered by the public to be one of the top 3 priorities for government, and we have an opportunity, through YoGA engagement, to offer ways...
UK Government Confirms Intention to Introduce EPR and DRS systems in 2023 subject to Primary Powers in the Environment Bill
Last week, the UK government published summaries of responses to its first consultations proposed in the Resources and Waste Strategy. The consultations generated a high level of engagement, including from IEMA which sub...
Communicating Climate Impacts
Even if we stopped emitting all greenhouse gases today, climate change will continue to affect us and future generations, with some significant changes ocked in Future generations are also facing far smaller personal arb...
Government misses improvement opportunities in endorsement of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act
Earlier this month, the UK Government published its response to the final report of the independent Review. The review was commissioned by Government and made 80 recommendations as to how the statute could be reinforced...
IEMA's Chief Policy Advisor, Martin Baxter responds to Defra Secretary of State Michael Gove speech on the forthcoming Environment Act - July 2019
Michael Gove, Defra Secretary of State, set out his latest thinking on the forthcoming Environment Act on Tuesday 16th July. The key aspects on the governance framework in the Act speak directly to the assurances that IE...
The public perception of the plastic crisis. Is this the voice of reason?
The lastic crisiswith all its complexity and myriad of stakeholders is truly a icked problemand as such there can be no simple and elegant solution. Read Full Member and Chartered Environmentalist, Dr Dawn Popes proposed...
IEMA's Nick Blyth responds to net-zero UK emission target
Read how IEMA Policy & Engagement Lead Nick Blyth responds to achieving the net-zero UK emission target
Read how IEMA member Laura transferred her passion to profession after gaining IEMA's accreditation
Read how taking IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management has helped Laura gain the required recognition to land her perfect job championing sustainability and what changes she has implemented to gain her the accolade...
International Women's Day 2019
This year on International Women Day, the Scotland East Regional Group share their collective experiences and thoughts on women in the workplace. Between flexible working, raising children, and progressing at the same ra...