Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability of the UK

Today, let’s talk about the UK and how it pertains to natural resources and sustainability. Geological natural resources for the UK include coal, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, chalk, gypsum, silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, and lead. Agricultural natural resources for the United Kingdom includes arable land, wheat, barely, and sheep   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_Kingdom).

According to the OECD, the United Kingdom has been making changes to their environmental policies since the late 1980s. They also are committed to the highest levels of government to the environmental protection and sustainable development. In terms of future progress the UK plans on making to change there are 4 areas they plan on improving. The 4 areas are reduction of the pollution burden, nature conservation and landscape preservation, integration of environmental and economic decision making, and international co-operation.  To see what the OECD’s plan is for these 4 areas, click here: https://www.oecd.org/env/country-reviews/2452198.pdf

Here is a chart from the Climate Change Agreements company, click here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587616/LIT_8080.pdf

. This chart shows The Environmental Agency certifications that the textiles energy intensive sector has gotten and plans to get in the United Kingdom from July 1^st, 2015 until June 30, 2017.