Retained EU Law Act - impact on NI and UK environment

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Period25 Aug 2022 → 23 May 2023

Media coverage

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Media coverage

  • TitleDoes anyone actually know how many EU retained environmental laws there are?
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletENDS Report
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date27/02/2023
    Description"Speaking at a webinar held by University College London in January, Viviane Gravey, senior lecturer in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University in Belfast, said that the bill was very complex in the context of devolution, because the devolved settlements were not the same, and laws had not been transposed in the same way across the UK.

    The governments of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland are approaching the REUL bill mapping exercise in different ways, Gravey said. Some work was underway in Northern Ireland up until the autumn when caretaker ministers, in place since the DUP effectively blocked the formation of a new government following the May election, ceased to hold office."
    Producer/AuthorCatherine Early
    URLhttps://www.endsreport.com/article/1814695/does-anyone-actually-know-eu-retained-environmental-laws-are
    PersonsViviane Gravey

Media contributions

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Media contributions

  • TitleHow the Internal Market Act is leaving green laws stuck in the Brexit mud
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletENDS Report
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date23/05/2023
    Producer/AuthorDavid Burrows
    URLhttps://www.endsreport.com/article/1823773/internal-market-act-leaving-green-laws-stuck-brexit-mud
    PersonsViviane Gravey
  • TitleNI groups fear vital species and habitats threatened
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletRTE
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryIreland
    Date01/11/2022
    Producer/AuthorUna Kelly
    URLhttps://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/1101/1332482-habitats-threatened-brexit/
    PersonsViviane Gravey
  • TitleHow politics threatens to wreck ‘Green Brexit’
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletENDS Report
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date25/08/2022
    DescriptionOutside the EU, the UK moves from relying on legal certainty to relying on continued political ambition, explains Viviane Gravey, from Queen’s University Belfast and co-chair of the Brexit & Environment group of academics. Some may see that as more democratic, she notes, and there is certainly the potential for rules to be enhanced and improved.

    However, in gaining the ability to be more nimble and change regulations more frequently you lose the “ratchet effect” on environmental regulation, she says. You rely more heavily on political will so there’s potential to “wreck things on a much bigger scale than is the case at EU level”, Gravey warns. She isn’t convinced the government has fully “woken up” to the climate and biodiversity emergencies.
    Producer/AuthorDavid Burrows
    URLhttps://www.endsreport.com/article/1796688/politics-threatens-wreck-green-brexit
    PersonsViviane Gravey

Keywords

  • Brexit
  • retained EU law Bill