Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Deferred
Paragraph: 28
Develop UK consumption monitoring to incorporate mined products, addressing mining-related deforestation impacts.
Recommendation
We recommend that UK consumption monitoring be developed to incorporate the monitoring of mined products, so as to support the Government’s programmes addressing the impact of mining-related deforestation.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response outlines general processes for new regulations, including grace periods, reporting requirements, and exemptions for organisations, but does not specifically address the recommendation to develop UK consumption monitoring for mined products.
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Paragraph Reference:
28
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The government has been actively developing an approach to monitor the impact of UK consumption on the global environment (see responses to recommendations 1 and 2). We agree with the recommendation and have recently undertaken scoping work to assess the feasibility of incorporating the environmental impacts of metals and mineral products into the Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption indicator framework. While this work remains in its early stages, our initial assessment indicates that it may be feasible to incorporate the environmental impacts of metals and minerals into the modelling framework. Work is underway to develop the trade modelling underpinning the addition of metals and minerals, which is the first step towards being able to incorporate environmental impacts.
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