Certain regulations on vehicles and carbon dioxide emission targets are currently regulated by the EU. The UK Government has put in place statutory instruments intended to retain these regulations when the transition period ends for leaving the EU. This article looks at three draft SIs which make amendments to current legislation to ensure the regulations can function effectively after the transition period, and that the UK meets its obligations under the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol.
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Threats Presented by Climate Change (355 KB, PDF)
This briefing considers risks arising from climate change—identified as increasing at both global and national level—and summarises recent coordination efforts and programmes intended to mitigate them. International bodies charged with examining the scientific evidence have identified risks associated with:
• changing weather;
• rising sea levels;
• land and marine-based biodiversity and ecosystems; and
• human systems such as health, security and the economy.
Negotiations on how to meet these challenges have continued, most recently at a United Nations summit in Katowice, Poland, held in December 2018.
The UK has identified several priority climate risk areas including:
• flooding and coastal change;
• health, wellbeing and productivity;
• water supply shortages;
• natural ecosystems, soils and biodiversity;
• food production and trade; and
• new and emerging pests and diseases.
A selection of recommended reading, including detailed evidence reports, is identified at the end of the briefing for further information on this broad and evolving subject.
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Threats Presented by Climate Change (355 KB, PDF)
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