The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution today announced that its next major study would be on “The environmental impact of demographic change in the UK”.

The Chair of the Royal Commission, Sir John Lawton, said today: “Demographic change is likely to have important environmental consequences in the UK, and so far these seem to have received little attention. We hope our study will show what these are and help us to understand what can be done to prepare for them.”

To help it set the scope of the study, the Royal Commission is inviting comments and information from anyone who wishes to contribute. The deadline for responses is Friday, 12 June 2009.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

• 1 The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution is an independent body, appointed by the Queen and funded by the government, which publishes in-depth reports on what it identifies as the crucial environmental issues facing the UK and the world. The Commission’s full reports are presented to Parliament.
• 2 Further information can be found at www.rcep.org.uk

The contact for enquiries is: Yolanda Rizzi, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 55 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EY. (Tel: 020 7270 8137, email: yolanda.rizzi@rcep.org.uk).