- Speech will include a new world-leading target on species populations for 2030 aimed at halting species decline.
- Action plan to treble tree planting by the end of this Parliament will be backed by over £500 million of climate finance.
Plans to boost biodiversity, protect our peatlands and create new woodlands will be set out today by the Environment Secretary, George Eustice, in a speech outlining the government's ambitions to restore nature and safeguard our environment for future generations.
Speaking from Delamere Forest, he will announce new measures to tackle climate change and the biodiversity crisis and deliver our net zero commitment, including steps to take forward recommendations from the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity.
He will also announce amendments to the Environment Bill, including a historic new legally-binding species target for 2030 which will drive action to halt the decline of nature and wildlife.
The Environment Secretary is expected to say:
We will be amending the Environment Bill to require an additional legally binding target for species for 2030, aiming to halt the decline of nature.
This is a huge step forward, and a world leading measure in the year of COP15 and COP26 as we build back greener from the pandemic. We hope that this will be the Net Zero equivalent for nature, spurring action of the scale required to address the biodiversity crisis.
