Northern Ireland - Challenges and opportunities for post-Brexit environmental governance
Northern Ireland - Challenges and opportunities for post-Brexit environmental governance
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北爱尔兰——脱欧后环境治理的挑战和机遇
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2018
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C. Reid
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Viviane Gravey;C. Burns;N. Carter;R. Cowell;P. Eckersley;F. Farstad;A. Jordan;B. Moore;C. Reid
英国脱欧代表着北爱尔兰和英国环境治理的重大变化。然而，它发生在北爱尔兰没有政府的情况下，削弱了其参与当地和英国范围内准备工作的能力。北爱尔兰利益相关者担心，英格兰和苏格兰之间的紧张关系正在主导脱欧准备工作，阻碍对英国范围内合作以及北爱尔兰具体需求的讨论。他们担心该地区先前存在的环境治理问题（例如缺乏独立的环境机构或跨境环境犯罪盛行）将仍未得到解决，并且当前的南北环境问题合作将受到英国脱欧协议的负面影响。至关重要的是，英国政府“绿色脱欧”战略的关键内容（例如《25 年环境计划》以及《环境原则和治理咨询》中规定的承诺）并不涵盖权力下放国家。这增加了英国各地政策进一步分歧、实施和执行不一致以及北爱尔兰环境继续恶化的可能性。
Brexit represents a major change to environmental governance in Northern Ireland and the UK. Yet it is occurring at a time when Northern Ireland has no government, curtailing its ability to engage in both local and UK-wide preparations. Northern Irish stakeholders are worried that tensions between England and Scotland are dominating Brexit preparations, hampering discussions of UK-wide cooperation, as well as of the specific needs of Northern Ireland. They are concerned pre-existing environmental governance issues in the region (such as the lack of an independent environmental agency or the prevalence of cross-border environmental crime) will remain unaddressed, and that current North/South cooperation on environmental issues will be negatively impacted by the Brexit deal. Crucially, the key planks of the UK government’s ‘Green Brexit’ strategy (such as the commitments laid out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and the Environmental Principles and Governance consultation) do not cover the devolved nations. This raises the prospect of further policy divergence and inconsistent implementation and enforcement across the UK, and for Northern Ireland’s environment to continue deteriorating.