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The Act implements the Govenrment's ambitions for improving the natural environment which were previously set out in the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]. The [[Environment Bill]] required the government to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the government has pledged to set interim targets for each five-year period and lay out steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]] will be adopted as the first EIP. The [[OEP]] is intended to hold the government to account for meeting these targets<ref>ENDS</ref>.

==Legal Framework<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>==

The first part of the Act puts duties on the Government in relation to environmental governance. This includes requiring the Government to:

*put in place measures to allow the Government to set and meet long-term targets related to the natural environment and people’s enjoyment of the environment;

*set at least one long-term target each related to priority areas of air, water, biodiversity, resource efficiency and waste by October 2022;

*set and meet an air quality target for fine particulate matter;

*set and meet a target related to the abundance of species;

*put in place the processes for setting and amending long-term targets

*have an Environmental Improvement Plan containing steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The plan must be for at least 15 years. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]]‘A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment‘ published by the Government in 2018 can be treated as such a plan; and

*collect and publish data related to measuring progress for improving the natural environment and meeting targets.

==References==

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 The Act implements the Govenrment's ambitions for improving the natural environment which were previously set out in the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]. The [[Environment Bill]] required the government to publish an Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the government has pledged to set interim targets for each five-year period and lay out steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]] will be adopted as the first EIP. The [[OEP]] is intended to hold the government to account for meeting these targets<ref>ENDS</ref>.
+==Legal Framework<ref name="COM">[https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk/updates/legal/the-environment-act-2021/ The Compliance People]</ref>==
+The first part of the Act puts duties on the Government in relation to environmental governance. This includes requiring the Government to:
+*put in place measures to allow the Government to set and meet long-term targets related to the natural environment and people’s enjoyment of the environment;
+*set at least one long-term target each related to priority areas of air, water, biodiversity, resource efficiency and waste by October 2022;
+*set and meet an air quality target for fine particulate matter;
+*set and meet a target related to the abundance of species;
+*put in place the processes for setting and amending long-term targets
+*have an Environmental Improvement Plan containing steps it intends to take to improve the natural environment. The plan must be for at least 15 years. The [[25- Year Environment Plan]]‘A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment‘ published by the Government in 2018 can be treated as such a plan; and
+*collect and publish data related to measuring progress for improving the natural environment and meeting targets.
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