Response to Discussion Brief 2/2018

DEFRA: Conservative Conservation

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1.Climate change: How might we better cultivate the resources, policies and people that will allow us to mitigate and adapt to change?
2.Renewable energy generation: How might we transition more quickly away from an over-dependency on non-renewable fossil fuels?
3.Air quality: What policies should we enact to reduce harmful pollutants?
4.Plastics: What policies should we enact to reduce the amount of plastic waste and increase recycling?
5.Trees: How can we encourage more tree planting?
6.Farming and fishing: What should farming and fishing policies look like outside of the European Union?
7.Brexit: How might we use the opportunity that leaving the EU provides to strengthen and enhance our environmental protections?
8.Global leadership: How else might we further build on our global leadership and existing commitment to international development so as to create international coalitions to tackle particular environmental challenges? Or should we be focusing more on improving our own country’s environmental quality?
9.In what ways should the Government harness market mechanisms and regulation—from auctions and subsidies, to taxes and bans—to support best practice and to encourage greater investment in environmentally-friendly goods and services?
10.Who pays? How might your proposals be paid for?
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CPF Brief No 2/2018Deadline for submission: 31May 2018Page 1 of 2