Search results for 'Pollution and environmental quality'

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)

    Work in progress

    Summer 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.

  5. Tackling local breaches of air quality

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    This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.

  6. Tackling local breaches of air quality

    Press release

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    This report examines government’s progress in tackling local breaches of NO2 limits and its performance on air quality more broadly.