Ruth Chambers, Senior Fellow at Green Alliance, discusses the Office for Environmental Protection’s recent annual statutory report, published on 18 January 2023, and shares her views, more generally, on the role and effectiveness of the Environment Act 2021 in achieving its goals in relation to the natural environment, particularly those relating to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Ruth played a key role in the development of the Environment Act when the Bill was being debated in Parliament.

The OEP’s report can be accessed, here.