Priorities for Analysis

As part of our Strategic Plan, we have identified a number of issues that we intend to focus our analytical work on during the next three years.

These are issues where we have identified potential concerns, but where further analysis is required to understand the cause(s) and how policy and regulatory decisions affect these. Our analytical work may result in issues being identified for investigation, for more detailed analysis, or for ongoing monitoring.

 
 

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Our Priorities for Analysis

As part of our Strategic Plan we have identified a number of issues that we intend to focus our analytical work on during the next three years. These are:

 

Air

  • progress against air quality targets/standards, with an initial focus on particulate matter

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Resilience

  • biodiversity decline, with a particular focus on pressures and mitigation strategies
  • control and impact of invasive non-native species

Climate Change

  • progress against greenhouse gas emission targets
  • progress on climate change adaptation, including planning for extreme weather events

Cross-cutting Environmental Governance

  • developing a better understanding of access to environmental justice, including compliance with the Aarhus Convention

Land and Soil

  • developing a better understanding of the current status of soil health, controls and monitoring

Population, Human Health and Cultural Heritage

  • developing a better understanding of antimicrobial resistance, controls and impacts
  • developing a better understanding of current noise levels, controls and the impact on human health

Resource Use and Waste

  • illegal disposal and management of waste
  • progress against waste and recycling targets and the development of the circular economy

Water

  • sewage discharge into the aquatic environment
  • developing a better understanding of threats to the marine environment
  • understanding water quality issues, with an initial focus on progress against River Basin Management Plan objectives
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