Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 26
26
Paragraph: 131
Mainstreaming biodiversity considerations across government departments will be crucial to meeting the Post-2020 Biodiversity Targets.
Conclusion
Mainstreaming biodiversity considerations across government departments will be crucial to meeting the Post-2020 Biodiversity Targets. The UK’s past performance on cross-departmental co-ordination on nature has been disappointing. We have nevertheless been encouraged to observe the willingness of Ministers to work across Government to address biodiversity loss and climate change. We will continue to monitor the effectiveness of cross-departmental working on the environment in the run up to COP15 and COP26 and beyond.
Paragraph Reference:
131
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The UK is committed to continuing to show international leadership on biodiversity, the environment and climate change. We have showcased this most recently as part of our G7 and COP26 presidencies. However, we are under no illusions that the task before us and the global community, to halt and reverse nature’s decline and get to net zero, is an easy one. Nevertheless, we are fully committed to meeting these commitments and working with international partners to do so. The government is therefore grateful to the Environmental Audit Committee (the Committee) for its report on the UK’s footprint on global biodiversity. We will ensure these recommendations are fully considered and inputted into both our domestic and international work, particularly as we prepare for discussions in spring at the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th Conference of Parties (CBD COP15).