Recommendation 2

Consumption patterns in the UK which rely on the current global supply chain are unsustainable. Addressing these patterns is essential to the UK’s contribution to the alleviation of global biodiversity loss. The first step in addressing them is in recognising the need to reduce the UK’s overall consumption. We welcome the news that the UK Government has commissioned the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to develop a global environmental footprint indicator, but we are disappointed to observe that the Government has not yet made a commitment to setting a global footprint target using this indicator, so as to track progress made in reducing the UK’s global environmental footprint.