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IEMA reacts to Environmental Audit Committee report on energy security
The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) – a select committee of cross-party MPs – has called on the government to start a “national war effort on energy saving and efficiency”, and IEMA has said more must...
COP 15 ends with a new set of biodiversity targets and a positive way forward
COP 15, the UN Biodiversity Conference, has now concluded and in this blog, Lesley Wilson, the biodiversity and natural capital policy lead at IEMA, discusses the outcomes of the event.
Key considerations for developing a resource productivity target for England
IEMA is this afternoon publishing a paper setting out several recommendations for government in the development of a resource productivity target for England. In this short blog Adam Batchelor, IEMA’s policy lead on circ...
Nature Positive by 2030: one member's experience at COP15
IEMA member Damien Plant FIEMA recently attended events at COP 15 in Montreal, Canada and shares their experiences.
How to be a ‘Sustainable Santa’ this Christmas
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but can also be one of the messiest - in more ways than one! A key issue is the waste produced from present wrapping, decorating and knowing what can and can’t be recycle...
Parliamentary committee calls for new Land Use Commission to be established in England
The House of Lords Land Use Committee has today published a new report, Making the most of England’s Land. In this blog IEMA’s Head of Policy, Ben Goodwin, examines some of its key recommendations.
Release of new Nature Positive Business Pledge
IEMA has been working with the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum, the ICC, the Aldersgate Group, and the RSPB to release a new pledge for business on nature-positive actions.
UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 kicks off in Canada
The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, officially started in Montreal, Canada, this week where between 16,000-17,000 people are expected to attend over the coming days.
MP’s debate greening the UK’s financial system
Following on from the Westminster Hall debate on greening the financial system that took place last week, Asim Ali, IEMA’s Public Affairs Officer discusses the importance of the development and delivery of the UK Green T...
IEMA launches Biodiversity and Natural Capital Buzzword Guide
There is a growing momentum around managing biodiversity impacts and understanding natural capital dependencies. There are an increasing number of initiatives to support environmental professionals to measure, monitor an...