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THE UK POLICY PERSPECTIVE Joan Walley MP Chair, Environmental Audit Committee 1 Environmental Audit Committee Remit: “To consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and nondepartmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against sustainable development and environmental protection targets”. 2 Environmental Audit Committee Scrutiny of SD to date: January 2011 – Embedding sustainable development across Government after the Secretary of State’s announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission March 2011 - Sustainable development in the Localism Bill May 2011 – Embedding sustainable development the government’s response October 2011 – Preparations for the Rio+20 Summit June 2012 – The St-Martins-in-the-Field Seminar on the Rio+20 Agenda November 2012 – Measuring well-being and sustainable development: Sustainable Development Indicators 3 Environmental Audit Committee Preparations for the Rio+20 Summit Report looked at: Sustainable development summits Progress on sustainable development The green economy Institutional governance Rio outcomes 4 Westminster 5 Environmental Audit Committee Port Vale Football club, courtesy of Gerard Austin 6 Environmental Audit Committee “Vision without Action is merely a dream; Action without Vision is just a Waste of Time, Vision with Action changes the World” 7 Environmental Audit Committee 8 Your ‘aha’ moment If you don’t do anything else… Message 1 Message 2 Message 3 9