This Briefing Paper, the fifth in the EcCoWell 2 Series is written by Bernadette Connolly from the Cork Environmental Forum. It concerns Environment Policy & Practice in Cork, covering the following main issues:

• Environment development in Cork has been facilitated by the EcCoWell approach as a partnership for collaboration
• This results in the integrated approach to green, healthy, learning cities which was reflected in the Cork Call for Action on Learning Cities coming from the UNESCO Conference hosted by Cork in 2017
• This paper captures the challenges of reflecting environment policy locally in Cork with some insights for a better future
• OECD has argued that an inclusive green recovery from the pandemic is possible with broader well-being goals at its core