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NAO

NAO warns 'uncertainties' could undermine future effectiveness of UK ETS

Carbon Trading

NAO warns 'uncertainties' could undermine future effectiveness of UK ETS

Greater policy and price certainty needed to ensure effectiveness of UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NAO)

clock 30 June 2025 • 3 min read
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Vitally important but often overlooked

Carbon Trading

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Vitally important but often overlooked

The government must be clear on the contribution it expects different interventions - including the ETS - to make as part of its overall plan for net zero, writes Simon Bittlestone from the National Audit Office

clock 30 June 2025 • 4 min read
'Failed to deliver': Spending watchdog warns government off track to meet water targets

Infrastructure

'Failed to deliver': Spending watchdog warns government off track to meet water targets

NAO warns insufficient investment and repeated delays mean sector will struggle to deliver 30 new water infrastructure projects

clock 25 April 2025 • 5 min read
Report: UK's EV charge point race on track despite major planning hurdles

Automotive

Report: UK's EV charge point race on track despite major planning hurdles

Government's spending watchdog finds public charge points are on course to number 300,000 by 2030, but report warns major location and accessibility challenges remain

clock 13 December 2024 • 5 min read
'Farmers need quality advice and support to adapt': Pressure mounts on government to clarify green vision for farming

Policy

'Farmers need quality advice and support to adapt': Pressure mounts on government to clarify green vision for farming

The shift from direct payments to nature-friendly subsidy incentives promises to transform farming in England, but the transition currently faces 'widespread uncertainty and risk', the NAO has warned

clock 24 July 2024 • 9 min read
Can the new government get the UK's carbon capture plans back on track?

CCS

Can the new government get the UK's carbon capture plans back on track?

NAO warns repeated delays and market uncertainties have pushed the government's CCUS roll out behind schedule

clock 23 July 2024 • 7 min read
The perils of abandoning the Fabric First principle

Policy

The perils of abandoning the Fabric First principle

Installing heat pumps without proper regard for fabric improvement will lead to problems in the future, writes BEEF's Andrew Warren

clock 02 April 2024 • 4 min read
'Slower than expected': National Audit Office raises alarm over heat pump rollout

Energy

'Slower than expected': National Audit Office raises alarm over heat pump rollout

Report warns lower than expected heat pump uptake means UK is off track to meet target of 600,000 installations a year

clock 18 March 2024 • 7 min read
NAO: Government 'cannot currently demonstrate' whether biomass power plants are sustainable

Biofuel

NAO: Government 'cannot currently demonstrate' whether biomass power plants are sustainable

Auditor argues government must step up its evaluation of whether biomass generators are meeting sustainability criteria

clock 24 January 2024 • 5 min read
'Insufficient planning': How the UK's recycling rates were allowed to flat-line for a decade

Recycling

'Insufficient planning': How the UK's recycling rates were allowed to flat-line for a decade

Damning National Audit Office claims government plans for a long-term waste management strategy 'do not yet exist'

clock 03 July 2023 • 6 min read
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