MIt can seem difficult to reach legal limits for pollution. However, understanding the links between environmental problems can make it easier to solve them.
Our polluted roads, rivers, and other infrastructure are interconnected by Runoff from street drainsAnd the road traffic that pollutes our atmosphere also produces noiseThis disturbs our peace. Tyre FragmentsThe plastic litter that is left on our streets by cars ends up in our oceans and airways.
Investing in Local shops and servicescan be used to swap motorized traffic for walking or cycling, improve neighbourhoods and reduce air pollution and climate crisis, as well as improving our health through regular exercise.
As for net zero, diesel carsWood burning and wood heating have been popularized. Air pollution is a serious problem.They are not helping the climate.
Talk to the Conservative Environment NetworkThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be closed in December Jo Churchill, ministercalled for cross government and cross-society action on air pollution. Initiatives such as the UK Clean Air ProgrammeTry to bridge research boundaries. It is difficult for researchers and civil servants to work together on environmental problems without a strategic framework.
It has been 10 years since. The abolitionThis is The independent royal commission on pollution. It was established in 1970 and had broad responsibilities to investigate and warn about future pollution problems and national and international issues. Its reports were heavily solution-oriented and had direct influence on government policy.
The commissions 1983 reportOn lead in petrol was immediately followed. UK law changesAs was its. 1989 reportConcerning genetically modified organisms. The commission’s recommendation for a CO2 long-term2 reduction targetWas Accepted by the government in 2000and the EU-wide environment regulation polluting industriesAnd Reduce wasteThese recommendations are the foundation of all our work.
Noel NelsonPart of the civil service team that worked alongside the commission said: Even though members are all experts in their respective fields, the best solutions were rarely found in one discipline.
Today, the lack of an independent strategic view on environmental evidence makes us vulnerable to missing opportunities. Do we need a new royal Commission?
Professor Sir Stephen HolgateAn ex-member of the commission stated that the complexity and number environmental challenges in our changing world have increased significantly since the dissolution. Examples include the transition to zero carbon, changing environments and zoonotic infectious diseases, addressing water pollution, citizen sciences to monitor and improve environment, and how to harness the environment to improve health. These require imaginative analysis to produce multiple solutions-based results.
