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Environment weekly highlights—16 April 2020

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Published on: 16 April 2020

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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes updates relating to coronavirus (COVID-19) and the environment, including an analysis by 39 Essex Chambers on how this pandemic is affecting the global environment and an announcement by the Committee on Climate Change of an amendment to its 2020 work programme, alongside a new date for the publication of its Sixth Carbon Budget report covering the period 2033–2037. In addition this week the Environment Agency has published its scheme of abstraction charges for the period 1 April 2020 to 1 April 2021, the European Commission is requesting feedback on draft delegated regulations concerning the inclusion of environmental, social & governance criteria in financial benchmarking and, separately, minimum standards for designing new climate benchmarks, and the Forestry Commission has announced that £10m will be available to land managers in the second auction of the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme with the aim of accelerating woodland planting rates, removing carbon dioxide and combating climate change. We also cover the latest Brexit developments.

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