09 Mar 2020
The Natural Capital Committee (NCC) worked with H.M. Treasury from 2016-18 to advise and co-author Green Book guidance regarding the incorporation of natural capital, ecosystem services and the value of associated goods and services into government policy appraisal. The guidance was incorporated into the revised Green Book published in March 2018 and has now been […]
15 Sep 2019
Latest papers from the Natural Capital Committee say that the Government’s 25 Year Environment Plan Progress Report “does not tell us much about whether and to what extent there has been progress”. Failures include no assessment of whether the environment has improved and no assessment of outcomes. The Committee says that there is an urgent […]
26 Jan 2017
Business Green – Michael Holder Government advisory body says 25 Year Environment Plan should be legally binding and consistent with Climate Change Committee recommendations Defra must rapidly progress work to draft a legally-binding 25 Year Environment Plan if there are to be demonstrable improvements in England’s natural capital before 2020, an independent government advisory body […]
18 Apr 2016
Bob Earll: The new Natural Capital Committee have been tasked to start work on this and news on this should be emerging shortly. I’d always though 25 year plans were the work of big state sponsored communism but apparently not. This will be a very strange beast and will no doubt pose a wide range […]
29 Feb 2016
Three articles The Natural Capital Committee now has this peculiar role – an ‘independent’ quango – but charged with, among other things producing a 25 year plan for the environment. Despite their last three reports and pronouncements, their effectiveness at influencing Government policies for the benefit of the environment is yet to be demonstrated – […]
08 Oct 2015
Natural Capital – Defra Responds Natural Capital Coalition: ‘On 22 September, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for the UK released its official response to the Natural Capital Committee’s third State of Natural Capital Report. The Natural Capital Coalition was pleased to hear of their support for a 25 year plan and […]