Research and analysis

Natural Capital Committee advice on government’s 25 Year Environment Plan and progress reports

Natural Capital Committee advice and recommendations on what the government should consider in developing their 25 Year Environment Plan.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 28 September 2017
• Last updated: 26 October 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Final response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report

PDF, 28.5 MB, 486 pages

Interim response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report and advice on a green economic recovery

PDF, 10.8 MB, 65 pages

Response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report 2019

PDF, 446 KB, 20 pages

Natural Capital Committee advice to government on the 25 Year Environment Plan

PDF, 447 KB, 23 pages

Details

The final response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report document, published in October 2020, sets out the NCC’s natural capital asset-based framework for assessing progress against the 25 Year Environment Plan. It shows how to apply this framework to independently scrutinise progress, laying the foundation for the Office for Environmental Protection to undertake this role from 2021.

This report also highlights the priority areas the government should focus on to turnaround declines in our natural assets.

The interim response and advice on a green economic recovery document, published in July 2020, sets out the NCC’s interim assessment of the government’s second 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report. This paper also presents the NCC’s recommendations to government for delivering a green economic recovery.

The response document, published in September 2019, sets out the NCC’s assessment of the government’s first 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report. The paper also presents the NCC’s recommendations to government on how to improve the reporting framework for future progress reports.

The advice report, published in September 2017, sets out the NCC’s advice to government on the development and implementation of the 25 Year Environment Plan. It includes the NCC’s thoughts on what the plan should aim to achieve, how it will do that and what success will look like.

You can read more information about the work of the Natural Capital Committee.

This page will be updated with an accessible version of the final response document shortly.

Published 28 September 2017
Last updated 26 October 2020 + show all updates

1. 26 October 2020

   We've added the final response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report.

2. 23 July 2020

   Added the 'Interim response to the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report and advice on a green economic recovery' document.

3. 10 September 2019

   Added the response on the 25 Year Environment Plan progress report.

4. 31 January 2018

   Advice document: minor revision 31 January 2018 for formatting and typographical issues.

5. 28 September 2017

   First published.