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  2. Resilience to flooding

    Report Value for money

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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.

  3. Achieving value for money for government’s environmental goals

    Insight Opinion

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    2021 was a big year for government’s commitments to the environment. The statutory target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was backed up with a strategy and the Environment Bill gives legal force to nature recovery targets. The challenge now lies in turning targets and strategies into actions that will combat rising […]

  5. 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.

  6. Tackling local breaches of air quality

    Report Value for money

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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.

  7. Planting Trees in England

    Report Value for money

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

  8. The energy supplier market

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines the recent exit of energy suppliers from the market and government’s role in managing the exits.

  12. Departmental Overview: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2019-20

    Overview Departmental overview

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    A summary of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.

  14. Local government and net zero in England

    Report Value for money

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    This new report responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to examine local government and net zero.

  15. Achieving net zero

    Report Value for money

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    This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.

  16. Climate Change risk: Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough?

    Insight Opinion

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    “The world is now living through climate change, not watching it draw near” is the stark warning delivered by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), in its sixth assessment report (AR6). In risk speak, high-impact, low-likelihood events will become more likely with higher temperatures. With COP 26 fast approaching and extreme weather events becoming […]

  17. 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.

  18. Reducing carbon emissions from cars

    Report Value for money

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    This report examines how well the government has used public money to support the uptake of ultra-low emission cars.