1 Joan Walley MP Chair, Environmental Audit Committee THE UK POLICY PERSPECTIVE

2 Environmental Audit Committee Remit: “To consider the extent to which the policies and programmes of government departments and non- departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development, and to audit their performance against sustainable development and environmental protection targets”.

3 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 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

4 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

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6 Environmental Audit Committee Port Vale Football club, courtesy of Gerard Austin

7 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”

8 Environmental Audit Committee

9 If you don’t do anything else… Your ‘aha’ moment Message 1 Message 2 Message 3