Report launch: Reconnecting environmental targets with credible outcomes

This webinar will be the livestream for the launch of our latest report: ‘The Golden Thread of Governance: Reconnecting environmental targets with credible outcomes’.

IES President Julie Hill MBE has organised this special panel discussion to launch the report following a challenge project over the last two years, looking at the governance gaps that make it difficult to meet environmental targets. The project has been informed by input from government, arms-length bodies, research, and professional practice, from across the four countries of the UK, using the circular economy and biodiversity as case study topics.

This event will conclude the project by launching a report and seven recommendations on targets, delivery plans, and other aspects of achieving environmental outcomes through a ‘golden thread’ of governance. Each recommendation will be supported by case studies of successful approaches, to support adoption.

After launching the report, Julie will chair a panel discussion of expert speakers, followed by questions from the audience.

Agenda

• 10.00: Welcome
• 10.10: Introduction to the project (Julie Hill)
• 10.20: Outcomes and recommendations (Joseph Lewis)
• 10.30: Reflections from panellists
• 10.50: Panel discussion / Q&A
• 11.50: Concluding remarks

Our speakers

Julie Hill MBE

Julie is President of the IES, a Non-executive Board Member of England and Northern Ireland’s Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), and Chair of the Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS) for the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Former board roles include Chair of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), board member of the Eden Project, the Environment Agency (EA), and the Consumer Council for Water (CCW). Prior to those roles, she was Executive Director of environmental think tank Green Alliance.

Joseph Lewis

Joseph is Head of Policy at the IES, where he is responsible for delivering policy for the IES and working to promote the use of the environmental sciences in decision making. Joseph will be presenting on the outcomes from the project and the seven recommendations in the report.

Ruth Chambers

Ruth Chambers is senior fellow at the environmental charity and think tank Green Alliance, where she has led the environment sector’s work on shaping the post-Brexit regulatory landscape, resulting in new flagship legislation and national governance systems and watchdogs. She is also Honorary Professor of Practice at the UCL Centre for Law and the Environment, chairs the national charity Foodrise and is an adviser to River Action and the RSPB.

Colin Church

Colin is the CEO of IOM3, the global network for the materials cycle, and Chair of the Green Alliance-convened Circular Economy Task Force. Prior to working in professional membership, he spent 21 years as a UK civil servant, ending up with policy responsibility for resource and waste management in Defra.

One further panellist to be announced in due course.

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