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IEMA responds to EAC energy report
Reacting to the Environmental Audit Committee's report 'Accelerating the transition from fossil fuels and securing energy supplies' which recommends a 'national mobilisation' to improve insulation in homes across the cou...
IEMA reacts to Defra long-term targets
‘We welcome today’s publication of the long-term legally binding environmental targets for England and note the increased ambition in certain areas e.g. species abundance on land. IEMA recommended in its response to the...
UK’s environment regulator warns government against ‘rushed’ EU law review
Credit: Tallie Robinson, via Unsplash The Office for Environmental Protection, a public body set up under the Environment Act 2021, has submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Retained EU Law (Revocation and ...
‘This is about national security’: UK defence official on the climate emergency
The House of Commons Select Committee on Defence, chaired by Tobias Ellwood MP (Cons), held a session today on ‘defence and climate change’ and heard from Lt. Gen. Nugee (Rtd), Lead of Ministry of Defence’s 2021 Climate ...
IEMA reacts to COP27 agreement
As the COP27 talks close in Sharm El Sheikh, IEMA's CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE reacts to the agreement saying: “At the beginning of the COP27 talks we highlighted the catastrophic human risks associated with global warming...
IEMA creates new IEMA Policy and Practice Steering Group on Environmental Management
Environmental management is critical in supporting the sustainability of business, people and planet. It enables organisations to identify, manage and mitigate risk, whilst taking the opportunity to deliver for stakehold...
IEMA responds to Autumn statement
Responding to today's Autumn Statement from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, our Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Director of Policy Martin Baxter said: “We welcome the Chancellor’s re-statement of the UK’s international clim...
IEMA CEO reacts to PM's comments on Climate Change during PMQs
During today's Prime Minister's Questions, PM Rishi Sunak stated that the war in Ukraine should catalyse efforts to tackle climate change. Reacting to the discussion, IEMA CEO, Sarah Mukherjee MBE, said: “The prime mini...
COP27 must deliver concrete progress on emissions pledges, climate finance and climate adaptation
Ahead of the COP27 international climate summit, the Aldersgate Group and major UK businesses are urging the UK and world governments to honour the promises made during COP26 in Glasgow. Despite a challenging political a...
IEMA reacts to PM attending COP27
Reacting to the news that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is attending COP27, Sarah Mukherjee MBE, chief executive officer of IEMA - the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, said: "The Prime Minister's decisi...