The Coalition Government’s Environmental Policy: ConDem'ned to SECOND NATIONAL BRITISH STUDIES CONFERENCE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION 2010 UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, SEPTEMBER 15TH - 16TH, 2010 Radoslaw Stech & Gavin Harper BRASS, Cardiff University 15th September 2010 Radek's Profile: http://brass.cf.ac.uk/people/PhD_Scholars--Radoslaw_Stech.html Gavin's Profile: http://brass.cf.ac.uk/people/PhD_Scholars--Gavin_Harper.html

2. The Coalition Government’s Environmental Policy: ‘ ned to failure?

3. ‘ ned to failure? The Coalition Government’s Environmental Policy:

5. Source: Daily Telegraph

6. Do Blue & Yellow Really Make Green? ?

8. Policy Cooperation The Departments: DEFRA food, water, air quality, SD... – Caroline Spelman (Con) CLG planning, regeneration, housing... – Eric Pickles MP (Con) DECC energy... – Chris Huhne MP (Lib Dem) DfT infrastructure – Phillip Hammond MP (Con) Treasury taxes – George Osborne MP (Con)

9. UK Environmental Policy

10. Environmentalism & Environmental Justice How dare you solve your environmental problems at my expense! “ In the contemporary world the extinction of the species Homo sapiens would be beneficial to the Ear th's Community of Life as a whole.” Taylor’s Respect for Nature

15. UK’s First Green MP Elected

16. Climate Change Policy Climate change policy has not changed under the coalition government. The Climate Change Act 2008

17. Sustainable Development Policy The shared principles of sustainable development in the UK. They apply to the UK Government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Administration. For a policy to be sustainable, it must respect all five principles. ‘ Securing the Future: Delivering UK Sustainable Development Strategy’, Cm 6467, 2005.

19. All politicians have warm words on the environment, and all governments talk about leading the shift to a new green economy. This government is going to do things differently. We won’t try and dazzle you with green gimmicks. We want to impress you by quietly getting on with the job Quiet Green Revolution? Doesn’t sound all that ‘revolutionary’

20. RDAs employ about 3,400 people

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