Environmental Audit Committee: Government has 'no strategy or vision' to meet Sustainable Development Goals in UK

Michael Holder
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Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee issues withering analysis of UK progress towards UN's 2030 sustainability and climate targets

A committee of MPs today offered a withering assessment of UK progress towards meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, claiming the government has "no strategy or vision" for delivering on the...

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