On the 27 November, Peers for the Planet hosted a briefing event in parliament with the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP). The session was chaired by Lord Krebs, and cross-party Peers heard from OEP Chair, Dame Glenys Stacey and OEP CEO, Natalie Prosser about the progress of their work since being created under the Environment Act 2021. The OEP was set up to protect and improve the environment by holding government and other public authorities to account, including by

Last week, Peers for the Planet met with a delegation from the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (EAD) as part of the teams pre-COP28 visit to the UK. The EAD is the Middle East’s largest environmental regulator committed to protecting and enhancing air quality, groundwater and the biodiversity of Abu Dhabi’s desert and marine ecosystems. As part of the meeting, Baroness Young, a former CEO of the Environment Agency in England and Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secr

The Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 finally received Royal Assent on 26 October. The Act contains over 530 pages of detail,...