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Environmental Improvement Plan: annual progress report 2025 to 2026

Setting out the progress made in 2025 to 2026 towards the goals set in the 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP25).

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 16 July 2026

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Environmental Improvement Plan: Annual Progress Report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6746-3, E03638701

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This report provides the annual assessment of progress in delivering the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) and the Environment Act 2021 targets over the statutory reporting period April 2025 to March 2026.

The report brings together progress on delivery of all the EIP’s goals, commitments and actions, progress towards statutory and interim Environment Act targets, and the latest evidence on changes in the natural environment.

Alongside this report, we have set out the government’s response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) annual assessment of progress for 2024 to 2025.

Published 16 July 2026