Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) will be joining the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) to create a new unit focusing on the implementation of environmental policy. EPUK will become the new Environment Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) within the IES family.
The practical implementation of many environmental policies is frequently entrusted to local authorities and other actors operating at local level. EPIC is being established to act as a forum and centre of excellence for local authorities and others who are concerned with this ground level implementation of environment policy.
EPIC will take over EPUK’s current work programme and activities and will initially build its work programme around the three main topics which have been at the core of EPUK’s work – air quality, noise pollution and contaminated land. With the additional resources and reach provided by the IES and the input of IES’s wider membership, EPIC will be in a position to more effectively undertake the crucial task of securing effective local implementation of environmental policy.
For more information visit the IES website here.