The Society for the Environment is organising an Any Questions forum about People, Politics, Planet on July 21st.
The blurb says:
Britain in a changing Europe. Join us for the first post-referendum public debate on the future of environmental policy in the UK following the vote to leave the European Union, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby. Co-organised by the Sibthorp Trust, the British Ecological Society and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), with support from the Society for the Environment and the Wellcome Trust.
The UK has voted to leave the European Union, launching the country into a period of uncertainty as a new relationship with Europe and the world is negotiated. The EU frameworks that have underpinned much of our environmental policy and legislation – from agriculture to protected areas – are no longer assured.
Yet the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss will lose none of their urgency. What will environmental policy in the UK look like outside of the European Union? What threats and opportunities does ‘Brexit’ pose for the environment? How will we tackle international challenges under a new political agreement?
Confirmed panellists include:
– Baroness Kate Parminter, Liberal Democrat (Environment and Rural Affairs)
– Natalie Bennett, Green Party, Leader
– Kerry McCarthy MP, Labour
I hope that they manage to get some experts there as well as these MPs. I'll not be there but I know a man who will, and who will perhaps report back.
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