Seven out of 10 targets have little likelihood of being met by 2030, Office for Environmental Protection says
The government will not meet its targets to save wildlife in England and Northern Ireland and is failing on almost all environmental measures, the Office for Environmental Protection watchdog has said.
In a damning report, the OEP has found that seven of the 10 targets set in the Environment Act 2021 have little likelihood of being met by 2030, which is the deadline set in law.
The three remaining targets: clean air, reducing the harmful impact of environmental hazards, and improving the beauty of nature – are only partly on track.
The biodiversity target, which means stopping the decline of British species such as the hedgehog and red squirrel, will almost certainly not be met. The report says: “Important species continue to decline. The opportunity to effect further change ahead of the 2030 target has now largely passed.”
