Last week, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Therese Coffey MP, shared an update on the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan, the five-year delivery plan to restore nature and improve the quality of air, water, and land.

The government set 13 long-term statutory targets alongside interim targets to tackle some of the biggest environmental pressures and make progress over the next five years. Last week, the 5th and final Annual Progress Report against the 25 Year Environmental Plan was published, reasserting the government’s commitment to delivering the goals of the Plan and progress made to deliver the Environment Act since its Royal Assent in November 2021.

At the bottom of this webpage, the Environment Secretary’s letter can be found which details all of the actions since the EIP launch covering plants and wildlife, air, water, chemicals, resources and waste, climate change, biosecurity, hazard, and enhancing the beauty and heritage of the natural environment.