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The content on this page relates to the work of the Committee until the Dissolution of Parliament on 12 April 2010.

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Environmental Audit Committee

  
Welcome to the Environmental Audit Committee's website.

The Committee considers to what extent the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development. It audits their performance against such targets as may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers and reports thereon to the House.

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) was first established in November 1997 reflecting a manifesto commitment on the part of the incoming Labour Government. The proposal for a single committee to look at the environmental impact of all Government departments can be traced back through the 1994 Labour party policy document In Trust for Tomorrow to a submission to the Procedure Committee from Friends of the Earth in 1990.

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Adapting to Climate Change

The role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change