MPs to probe UK progress towards Sustainable Development Goals
Environmental Audit Committee launches inquiry into domestic implementation of SDGs in all areas of government
A group of MPs tasked with scrutinising how government policy influences environmental protection and sustainable development has launched an inquiry into the UK's progress on the UN's flagship Sustainable...
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