1. EIA, SEA & Brexit: How should we lobby Government (& Who?)
Josh Fothergill
IEMA – Policy Lead
Fothergill Training & Consulting - Director
14 June 2017

2. EIA and Brexit It could be so simple…
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3. Directives EIA SEA
Regulations
20 x EIA
3 x SEA
Great Repeal
Bill

4. But EIA and SEA sit within a complex system…
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5. BREXIT: Helping define UK’s future approach to E&S
Member Engagement
Regional Workshops
Brexit Group
Developing Position/s
Identifying Strategic Partnerships

6. EIA in UK Where are we now?

7. BREXIT & UK EIA What we Know
UK has transposed 2014 Directive amendment
Future of legal challenges look likely to end
UK is direct signatory to IA in international law:
The Espoo & Prague Conventions
The Aarhus Convention
UK EIA and SEA Regulations will be covered in the Great Repeal Bill, as required.

8. Who needs influencing? What is commitment to IA?

9. Relationships are Changing But only some…

10. Government Courts Practitioners Academics
But, Mega-Trends are not:
CC, Biodiversity, Obesity, etc

11. Influencing UK EIA Who & What

12. Macro: Direction - EU Env Principles, Industrial Strategy, 25Yr Env Plan Meso: IA Legislation in Total - Whitehall vs Devolved, Transposition: Competent Experts Micro: Individual Regulations - Stop failing to deliver improvement (Land Drainage)

13. Who Co-ordinates IA Community in this period
Who Co-ordinates IA Community in this period? Re-think: - Cannot be left to IEMA - More structure to curation UK IA - Practitioners, Academics, Lawyers, Planners, developers, etc Progressive Alliance Needed

14. An Opportunity for Positive Change?

15. Changing a Directive takes a long time…
EC proposals for
revising EIA
Directive
EIA Directive
amendment
2014/52/EU
EC Public Consultation
2010
2012
2014
2013
2009
2011
2016
2017
EU EIA
Effectiveness
Review
New
EIA Directive
Proposal Revised by EU Parliament & Council
Member State
transposition
[by May 2017]
2011/92/EU

16. - Focus on value IA delivers - Re-imagine
- Focus on value IA delivers - Re-imagine i) Proportionate / Integrated ii) Purpose / Goal (Canada) iii) Innovation iv) Collaboration (all professions)

17. Don’t push blame on others Avoid being frozen by uncertainty Focus on pulling IA and related professions together

18. Collaborate Excessively
Conclusions
Plan for the worst Act for the Best
(Do we have consensus on what this is?) Whatever happens
Collaborate Excessively