Welcome to the Green Alliance podcast.

We are the charity and think tank all about achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.

In this episode, we'll be bringing you the highlights in one of our recent online events,

focused on whether the UK should extend the transition period for the sake of the environment.

During this one-hour discussion, we were joined by an expert panel, Jill Rutter, David Baldock and Maria Lee,

who reflected on the current state of negotiations between the UK and EU,

and discussed what needs to be done before the end of the transition period to ensure the environment remains protected,

and what the consequences would be of not reaching an agreement before the deadline. Tune in to this fascinating discussion to hear more.

Welcome to this Greener UK event on what ending the Brexit transition period on the 31st December, with or without a deal, will mean

for the environment. My name is Sean Spears, Chair of Greener UK, and I'll be steering the

discussion. Yesterday, Karen Fairbairn, Director General of the CBI, wrote about the air of resignation

surrounding the Brexit talks. And it is remarkable, even given COVID-19,

how little attention the talks are getting from MPs and the wider public. We do all

indeed seem resigned to accept whatever outcome the negotiators arrive at. To be clear, this debate

is not about Brexit. Brexit is done and dusted. It's a debate about whether we finally leave the EU ambit with a deal,

what sort of deal we get, and whether we have institutions in place

across the UK to ensure that environmental rules are upheld.

All this has huge implications for environmental law, farming in the countryside, marine

conservation, chemical safety, climate action and much else. With us to debate these questions,

we have three experts. Jill Rutter, a senior research fellow at the think tank UK and

changing Europe and a former senior civil servant with posting the Treasury,

number 10 and DEPRA. David Baldock is a senior fellow and former executive director of the Institute

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