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  1. Waste management: data visualisation

    Report Interactive visualisation

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    Interactive map showing local authority spend on waste, recycling rates and waste management sites in England.

  4. Government resilience: extreme weather

    Report Value for money

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    Government is underprepared for extreme weather events which can cause significant disruption to people, businesses, and their communities.

  5. Biodiversity net gain

    Work in progress

    Spring 2024

    Our report on biodiversity net gain will examine what government wants to achieve and how it plans to do so, its progress to date, and how it is managing associated risks and challenges.

  6. Resilience to flooding

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    We look at the government’s long-term ambition “to create a nation more resilient to future flood and coastal erosion risk” and, in the more immediate term, whether Defra and EA are delivering value for money after two years of the capital programme.

  8. Planting Trees in England

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    This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.

  9. Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)

    Work in progress

    Spring 2024

    Government aims to have Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage plants capturing and storing 20 to 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually by 2030. Our upcoming report will see if that’s on track.

  10. Environmental Sustainability Overview

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    This report examines how far the Ministry of Defence has embedded environmental sustainability in estate management, procurement, governance and policy-making.

  11. Departmental Overview Environmental protection 2019

    Overview Departmental overview

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.

  13. Environmental tax measures

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    This report examines how HM Treasury and HMRC manage tax measures that have an impact on the environment.

  14. Water supply and demand management

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    This report sets out the challenges facing the water industry in England and assesses how Defra is tackling them.

  16. Managing flood risk

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    This report evaluates whether government’s approach to managing the risks of flooding and coastal erosion is achieving value for money.

  17. Electricity networks

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    This report examines how effectively Ofgem has used electricity network price controls to protect consumers and achieve government’s environmental goals.

  18. Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme

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    This report examines the performance, implementation, procurement and management of the Green Homes Grant scheme.