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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EAC Priority for this Parliament - Climate Change
Recent News | Current Inquiries | Recently Completed Inquiries
Recent News
Carbon Capture and Storage - Government response published as Command Paper Cm 7605
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation - Government response published
Greening Government - Government response published
Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping - Government response published
Air Quality - New inquiry announced
Carbon Budgets - Oral evidence session announced
Green Jobs and Skills - Oral evidence sessions announced
Adapting to Climate Change - New inquiry announced
Greening Government - Report published at 00.01am on Wednesday 5 August 2009
"Taxpayers face bill if Government fails to reduce emissions"
Response to the Government's Low Carbon Strategy - 16 July 2009
Environmental Labelling - Government Response published on Tuesday 21 July 2009 at 11.00am
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation - Report published at 00.01am on Monday 29 June 2009
"Urgent effort at home and abroad by UK government must secure stronger protection for rainforests"
Current Inquiries
Click on the following links to reach the relevant inquiry home page. These home pages have links to all further information available on the inquiry, including Terms of Reference, any evidence received and forthcoming Evidence Sessions as they are announced.
Main Committee:
Adapting to Climate Change
Green Jobs and Skills
Carbon BudgetsThe role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change
Sub-Committee:
There are no Sub-Committee current inquiries. The Sub-Committee Environmental Labelling report was published on 23 March.
Recently Completed Inquiries
All of these publications are available electronically in our Reports and Publications section (N.B. The first volume of each report is the text of the report itself. Any further volumes contain oral and written evidence). Click on the links below to go to the Report.
Greening Government (5 August 2009)
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation: No hope without forests (29 June 2009)
Reducing CO2 and other emissions from shipping (1 June 2009)
Pre-Budget Report 2008 (16 March 2009)
Environmental Labelling (23 March 2009)
Halting biodiversity loss (10 November 2008)
Greener homes for the future? An environmental analysis of the Government's house-building plans (3 November 2008)
