Ahead of COP 28, parliamentarians have been calling for the UK to leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), due to concerns the treaty is...

Today, P4P Vice-Chair, Baroness Boycott introduced the ' Ecocide Bill ' as a Private Members Bill in the Lords to introduce a new offence into the criminal law framework which targets those causing severe environmental damage. Commenting on the bill, Baroness Rosie Boycott said: “What I’m proposing with this new Ecocide Bill is to introduce a new offence into the criminal law framework which targets those causing severe environmental damage. “Currently, those leading organis

Last week the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) hosted a three-day Commonwealth Conference on Parliamentary Scrutiny and Oversight of National Security. The conference brought together representatives from 14 Commonwealth countries to share learnings on laws relating to national security at a time when security-related issues are at the top of the international agenda. P4P Chair, Baroness Hayman, Chaired a session on the intersection of climate change and national

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

There have been numerous and increasing calls to link up climate and health, and for the first time this year, COP28 will have a Health Day and health-inter ministerial meeting with promises to elevate attention to health and climate issues. On the 08 November, ahead of this year’s UN summit, P4P partnered with the APPG on Global Health on an event in parliament to explore the health impacts of climate change and practical policy actions that can be taken to address them, ju

Peers meet with experts to discuss emerging climate and security risks This week P4P Peers gathered with cross-party parliamentarians and military and sector experts for a wide-ranging discussion on the defence and security risks relating to climate change, in particular relating to economic risks to financial and trade systems. The meeting, hosted by the APPG for Climate & Security , included representatives from the armed forces, Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office, Cabinet

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

With only a few weeks to go until COP28, over 50 Peers and MPs have written to the Prime Minister to outline a number of recommendations that will help ensure the UK can make a vitally important contribution towards international progress on reducing emissions and protecting nature. The cross-party group of parliamentarians underline how UK leadership has never been more critical, at this globally important moment for climate change.

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

Professor Philippe Sands KC, Co-Chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide, briefed Peers in Parliament...

P4P Chair Baroness Hayman joined the world's leading experts in design and sustainability at the Design for Planet Festival , an annual conference supporting the UK’s nearly 2 million-strong design community to address the climate emergency. The conference was also live-streamed directly to 93 countries attracting a cross-industry audience of 6,000 people. This year's conference theme – COLLABORATE – explored how if we are to achieve a regenerative world, we must do it toget

The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, which is now in its final stage, forms the legislative underpinning for the Government's...