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Overheating risk in social housing
Richard Lupo MIEMA CEnv explores the dangers of overheating as a result of climate change.
Common pitfalls to avoid with Carbon Reporting
Anna-Lisa Mills FIEMA CEnv details the many drivers for carbon reporting. Whether it’s for legal compliance reasons (such as the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations1), to meet investor or stakehold...
The future of carbon pricing in the UK
After a long wait the UK government has finally published its plan following a consultation on the direction that carbon pricing in the UK should take following Brexit: it outlines provisions for both a UK Emissions Trad...
IEMA's Impact Assessment Network
Impact Assessment (IA) is an environment and sustainability discipline. Its purpose is to ensure that environmental and social issues are identified and can be factored into the decision-making processes. At its best, IA...
Climate Change Transitions – Professional challenges and the need to mainstream
IEMA Policy and Engagement Lead Nick Blyth reflects on the launch of new ISO Guide 84 Guidelines for addressing climate change in standards.
Take climate action: key points from the IEMA Climate Change Series
Business as usual is no longer applicable with the whole world facing a climate and environmental emergency. As practitioners, IEMA members are perfectly positioned to drive transformational change, reduce emissions and ...
Working from home: IEMA employee experience
Back in Feb 2020 I celebrated 27 years working for IEMA (and its predecessors) – who would have thought that within a matter of a few short weeks the world would have changed so dramatically. My roles at IEMA have been m...
The First Value: Embedding Climate Justice within the Built Environment
In 1991, the moral and political philosopher John Rawls stipulated that ‘justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought’. In other words, when decisions are first made about how a s...
IEMA Comment - EIA and Planning Reform
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) has long been an advocate of good practice in EIA, working with developers, statutory bodies and consultants to ensure that the effects of development are a...
The New London Plan: 8 Principles for Climate Justice
According to Friends of the Earth, climate justice will be achieved when inclusive progress is made 'towards equity and the protection and realisation of human rights whilst addressing the climate crisis'. But without ju...