Environmental regulators swiftly adapted the way they work in response to the Covid crisis, embracing technology and planting the seed that some of the new approaches pioneered during the pandemic would stick around and make regulation stronger. With normal times seemingly within reach, what can we expect from regulators in a post-pandemic world?

More than £20m has been paid out to good causes since enforcement undertakings were introduced as a tool to tackle environmental offences in England more than 10 years ago, an analysis of Environment Agency data reveals.

The environment secretary says his plan to ‘refocus’ the Habitats Regulations is intended to deliver creative public policy thinking that delivers results, ‘rather than relying on change being set principally by litigation and case law’. Could recent case law that poses potential problems for the government’s housebuilding agenda be in his sights?

Although the UK’s emissions dropped markedly last year due to the pandemic, scientists have found “no discernible signal” of Covid-19’s global impact in reducing carbon emissions

The government has committed the UK to reducing its emissions by 78% by 2035 compared with 1990 levels, with the target set to be enshrined in law. So what next?

Ned Westaway: The case is a reminder that climate change is in a very real sense a new world, and legal norms may simply have to change if society has any prospect of avoiding its worst effects

The construction of a wetlands in north London is helping to keep nutrients out of polluted waterways that feed into the river Lea, as well as providing biodiversity and social gains, thanks to funding from a global drinks giant