Our assessment looks at a wide variety of legislation in the EU and across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and for the first time rates the level of divergence in environmental policy between the EU and the four UK nations.

The report points to a widening gap in ambition and action, with the UK falling behind the EU in several critical policy areas – often ‘diverging by default’ as the EU makes ambitious updates to what was once a ‘Common Rulebook’ shared by both parties.

The report also highlights that the UK hasn't significantly regressed from 2020 levels of env protection, alongside notable egs of progressive divergence, incl UK & Scot Govts’ decision to close sandeel fisheries – praised as a strong use of post-Brexit policy autonomy to protect biodiversity.

IEEP UK has developed a new interactive online tool for exploring the report’s findings. To access this and the full PDF report, please follow the link below 👇 ieep.uk/divergence-s...