The Changing Environmental World – The Key Terms Explained

Birketts' team of experts step back and explain some of the key terms which are frequently used in relation to clean energy and environmental protection.

The question of how to look after the natural world has been on the public conscience for some time. When the Environment Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 9 November 2021, it established a legal framework for protecting and improving our environment. It would help the United Kingdom to achieve its ambitious aim of being net zero carbon by 2050 and halt the decline in wildlife by 2030. Events around the world since then have continued to keep environmental matters high on the political and business agenda, as well as in everyday life, but recent turmoil at Westminster as caused some concern about whether the Government remains committed to those goals. The Government has recently had the blow of a High Court ruling confirming that their Net Zero Strategy to achieve net zero by 2050 is unlawful because their