Achieving Environmental Improvement And Responding To Climate Change: Enablers For Success

Achieving the government’s legislative climate change and environmental targets requires sustained and coherent action over successive parliaments, and substantial progress over the next five years. Strong leadership will ensure that the government develops a coherent set of interventions that together succeed in putting the UK on track to achieve its overall targets.

The scale and complexity of improving the natural environment and responding to climate change means that the government’s approach to leadership on these issues needs continued focus and attention. The National Audit Office’s work shows that this should include building its approach to culture, strategic direction and integration.

This report draws out learning from past NAO reports to identify enablers that they see as important for tackling the challenges government faces in its environment and climate change work.