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'Inconsistent': National Audit Office warns public sector emissions reporting is a mess

Carbon Accounting

'Inconsistent': National Audit Office warns public sector emissions reporting is a mess

Lack of central leadership or clear standards for how departments should report their emissions could hamper public sector's drive to net zero, report warns

clock 10 June 2022 • 4 min read
'Fighting a losing battle': NAO warns UK's waste crime elimination target under threat

Waste

'Fighting a losing battle': NAO warns UK's waste crime elimination target under threat

Environment Agency waste crime prosecutions have fallen from a high of 800 per year to just 50 in recent years

clock 27 April 2022 • 4 min read
Government set to miss tree-planting target, National Audit Office warns

Legislation

Government set to miss tree-planting target, National Audit Office warns

National Audit Office says Defra lay down unrealistic timeline for key element of the UK's net zero strategy

clock 07 March 2022 • 3 min read
Poor harvest: Is the UK's post-Brexit green farming subsidy scheme struggling to capture farmers' attention?

Policy

Poor harvest: Is the UK's post-Brexit green farming subsidy scheme struggling to capture farmers' attention?

National Audit Office warns the flagship Environmental Land Management Scheme that is set to come online from next month is at risk from low levels of support from farmers and a lack of detailed objectives

clock 15 September 2021 • 5 min read
Pump it up: Campaigners warn UK must accelerate heat pump installations or risk lagging behind European neighbours

Efficiency

Pump it up: Campaigners warn UK must accelerate heat pump installations or risk lagging behind European neighbours

The UK is lagging behind European neighbours in the sale and installation of heat pumps

clock 13 September 2021 • 4 min read
'Set up to fail': NAO publishes damning assessment of government's Green Homes Grant fiasco

Politics

'Set up to fail': NAO publishes damning assessment of government's Green Homes Grant fiasco

National Audit Office argues much-criticised green retrofit grant scheme was badly rushed and failed to deliver on its goals

clock 08 September 2021 • 5 min read
National Audit Office reveals how 'piecemeal' net zero support is hampering councils' climate efforts

Policy

National Audit Office reveals how 'piecemeal' net zero support is hampering councils' climate efforts

New report urges government to urgently clarify role of councils and city authorities in supporting net zero transition

clock 16 July 2021 • 5 min read
UK has 'long way to go' to build purely electric car market, spending watchdog warns

Automotive

UK has 'long way to go' to build purely electric car market, spending watchdog warns

National Audit Office calls for long-term, joined-up strategy from the government to ensure every car on the road produces zero emissions by 2050

clock 26 February 2021 • 4 min read
Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals

Taxation

Taxing questions: How the government's 'limited understanding' of environmental taxes is hampering green goals

National Audit Office urges government to start measuring impacts of environmental taxes more closely in order to give Parliament a better idea of the role tax can play in meeting green goals

clock 12 February 2021 •
'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy

Net Zero Now

'Reach outside of Whitehall': Spending watchdog calls for holistic net zero strategy

National Audit Office calls for greater clarity for how responsibility and roles of net zero will be divided across government and different public bodies

clock 04 December 2020 •
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