{"id":693,"date":"2019-04-02T10:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/klsllm\/?p=693"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T10:50:43","slug":"environmental-law-seminar-series-report-uk-clean-air-issues-and-promoting-compliance-with-european-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/klsllm\/2019\/04\/02\/environmental-law-seminar-series-report-uk-clean-air-issues-and-promoting-compliance-with-european-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Law Seminar Series report: UK clean air issues and promoting compliance with European air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Nield<\/a>, UK Clean Air Lawyer for ClientEarth,\u00a0addressed the struggles facing the UK in delivering an effective air pollution free environment\u00a0for the fourth and final seminar of this term’s Environmental Law Seminar Series.<\/p>\n

Katherine began her presentation with an overview of her objectives as a lawyer with a focus on UK clean air issues and on promoting compliance with European air quality standards. Her company has a role in pushing for environmental reforms through litigation and through the pursuit of an air pollution regulatory framework.<\/p>\n

She talked about efforts to minimise the impact and exposure of air pollution and addressed air pollution regulation both at the national and local authority level. She also discussed measures to address air quality laws and their implementation in the UK as well as some of the issues surrounding the implementation of air quality laws and the next steps for the UK in a post-Brexit era.<\/p>\n

After the presentation, when participants had an opportunity to ask questions, Katherine spoke further about the role of local authorities in ensuring the implementation of air quality laws and the role that individuals can play in raising awareness of the state of air quality.<\/p>\n

At the end of the seminar, Professor Martin Hedemann-Robinson, Professor William Howarth, Professor Elizabeth Hiester and all the participants thanked Katherine for her presentation.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s seminar was organised for LLM students by the student committee comprising\u00a0LLM students Smera Kumar and Ian Njathi<\/em><\/p>\n

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Environmental law at Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n

Environmental law is a recognised and long-established area of teaching and research expertise at Kent Law School. Academics, including\u00a0Professor William Howarth<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dr Martin Hedemann-Robinson,<\/a>\u00a0are engaged in research across a number of areas of environmental law, with research spanning international, European and national law and policy.\u00a0The Law School\u2019s Environmental Law Seminar Series has been designed specifically for LLM (Master\u2019s in Law) students with an interest in the environmental law modules offered at Kent.<\/p>\n

Kent LLM<\/a>\u00a0students can graduate on the\u00a0International Environmental Law\u00a0and Policy pathway<\/a>\u00a0by (i) opting to study at least three (out of six) modules from those associated with the pathway of their choice and by (ii) focusing the topic of their dissertation on their chosen pathway. Students can also study environmental law in combination with other areas offered by the Law School.<\/p>\n

A record of previous talks held as part of the Law School Environmental Law Seminar Series is available on our\u00a0news blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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