Greener UK

Further information

The Greener UK coalition consisted of thirteen members:

+ Giving Nature a Home
+ National Trust
+ Protecting Wildlife for the Future
+ WWF
+ Campaign for Better Transport
+ Campaign to Protect Rural England
+ ClientEarth
+ E3G
+ Friends of the Earth
+ Green Alliance
+ Greenpeace
+ WWf
+ Woodland Trust

Greener UK was a coalition of environmental organisations tracking the process whereby the United Kingdom left the European Union to make sure that environmental protections were not weakened or lost. It used the unique moment that Brexit offered to recommend ways to improve and enhance the UK’s environment.

Greener UK was a group of 13 major environmental organisations, with a combined public membership of 7.9 million. They were united in the belief that leaving the EU was a pivotal moment to restore and enhance the UK’s environment. It had many other supporting organisations and networks.

Its Brexit Risk Tracker monitored the progress across all areas of environmental policy as the country left the EU.

Greener UK proposed changes to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill to safeguard UK environmental protections and it worked hard to secure strong future UK legislation on the environment.

• Primary Source

UK: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Policy paper: 25 Year Environment Plan, January 2018 http://www.europeansources.info/record/policy-paper-25-year-environment-plan/

ESO: Find further information in ESO on environmental policies in the UK post-Brexit http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=brexit%20after%20environment%20&searchOption=all

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Press Release, 04.01.18: Farming for the next generation http://www.europeansources.info/record/farming-for-the-next-generation/

United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Speech, 21.07.17: The Unfrozen Moment - Delivering A Green Brexit (United Kingdom: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Speech, 21.07.17) http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-unfrozen-moment-delivering-a-green-brexit/

Network: Brexit and Environment https://www.brexitenvironment.co.uk/

Wildlife and Countryside Link: Brexit Nature Coalition https://www.wcl.org.uk/brexit-nature-coalition.asp

National Trust: Magazine, Spring 2018: Brexit and the future of farming https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/brexit-and-the-future-of-farming

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