Despite significant delays to its progress, the Environment Act 2021 is now law. It is an incredibly wide-ranging piece of legislation, not only in its volume – it is almost 300 pages in length – but also has implications far broader than its name may suggest.
Prior to Brexit, it is estimated that around 80% of the UK’s environmental legislation was derived from the EU, with monitoring largely being undertaken through the latter’s organs of state, such as the European Commission and ECJ. Likewise, the EU Treaties provided a general framework for environmental governance and objectives to be achieved by Member…
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