Environment

Inheriting the Earth? The unprecedented challenge of environmental breakdown for younger generations

Younger generations, in addition to being economically worse off than their parents, face a future of unprecedented environmental breakdown. They will disproportionately bear the burden of having...

17/09/2019

Publication Briefing Environment Anthropocene Young people IPPR

Natural Assets North: Water in the Northern Powerhouse

Without a reliable and sustainable supply of clean water, and effective and efficient wastewater systems, activity in the Northern Powerhouse would quickly grind to a halt. To date, conversations...

29/08/2019

Publication Briefing Environment IPPR North

Facing the crisis: Rethinking economics for the age of environmental breakdown

Damaging human impacts on the environment go beyond climate breakdown to encompass most other natural systems, from soil to biodiversity. The current economic model in countries around the world...

01/08/2019

Publication Briefing Environment IPPR Anthropocene

This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown

Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic...

12/02/2019

Publication Report Environment Anthropocene

Natural Assets North: Valuing our northern uplands

Natural Assets North is a new IPPR North project which investigates the natural potential of the north of England, including the quality of its landscape, water and coastlines. The natural capital of...

17/12/2018

Publication Environment IPPR North Briefing

Brexit and the UK’s environmental ambitions

The post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU will play a key role in shaping the UK’s future environmental ambitions. The UK’s current environmental and climate policy framework is...

30/11/2018

Publication Report Environment Progressive Brexit IPPR

Lethal but legal: Air pollution from domestic burning

The levels of air pollution to which domestic burning in the home is a prime contributor are lethal but legal. Up until very recently, public policy has focused on the lethal and illegal concentrati...

11/10/2018

Publication Report Environment Global Climate Network IPPR IPPR

A distributed energy future for the UK: An essay collection

This set of essays explores how new energy technologies, different sources of energy, and new business and governance models can offer a more effective, efficient, low carbon energy system which can...

30/08/2018

Publication Report Environment IPPR

Natural Assets North: the foundations of the Northern Powerhouse

Head North on the M6 over any bank holiday weekend and you’ll find that you are not alone- because everyone knows that the North is where all the good stuff is – the highest mountains, the best...

19/06/2018

Blog post Expert comment Environment IPPR North

Atmosphere: Towards a proper strategy for tackling Greater Manchester’s air pollution crisis

The levels of air pollution in Greater Manchester are lethal and illegal. In groundbreaking new analysis, King’s College London (KCL) has estimated that 1.6 million life years will be lost in...

14/06/2018

Publication Devolution & local leadership Environment Global Climate Network Leadership Metro mayors IPPR North