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We take a look at what changes might be in store for UK environmental legislation post-Brexit, including the environment bill and the Office for Environmental Protection. Plus, a look at the Project Syndicate webinar and the Just Transition Centre, as well as the Feb 2021 report by the National Biodiversity Forum on how Ireland is not meeting its targets set by European wildlife law.

A very basic rundown on the European Green Deal, what it's looking to accomplish, how it hopes to do so, some criticisms of it from various quarters, and a brief analysis of some of the language used recently to describe both the hopes and fears of EU-adjacent organisations and climate activists regarding the deal.

Join us for a brief, top-down run through the history of EU environmental laws, and then some info on wildlife law in particular - the Habitats Directive, the Birds Directive, and the Natura 2000 project.

In this episode we start our journey, teaching ourselves some EU basics! Any errors are entirely our own.

We cover the seven major EU institutions:

1. European Council

2. European Commission

3. European Parliament

4. Council Of The European Union

5. European Court of Justice

6. European Central Bank

7. European Court of Auditors