Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 33
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At present there is no strategy to tie the reporting framework for the 25 Year...
Conclusion
At present there is no strategy to tie the reporting framework for the 25 Year Environment Plan to the ten 25 Year Environment Plan goals. Nor does the plan explain how it will be delivered by local government and arm’s length bodies or how key environmental policies, like the Environmental Land Management Scheme, will seek to deliver on the Plan’s goals. We look forward to the new monitoring and reporting cycle introduced by the Environment Bill and will be assessing whether it addresses previous issues with the reporting framework and delivers tangible improvements on the ground. (Paragraph 154) Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? 119
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The Outcome Indicator Framework provides one method of reporting on the progress of the EIP. The Framework presents an authoritative way to measure changes to our environment. It draws together a comprehensive suite of measures which collectively describe environmental change as it relates to the ten goals of the 25 YEP (which will become the first EIP). The framework was developed using the concept of natural capital. It focuses on the natural capital outcomes and goals that we have set out to achieve, grouped as: (1) Reducing pressures on natural capital assets (e.g. pollution or plant disease); (2) Improving the state of natural capital assets (including air, water, land and seas); and (3) Increasing the benefits that we get from those assets.