The National Audit Office has highlighted the Government Actuary’s Department’s (GAD) work on new central government climate-related annual reporting requirements aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

The government has legal commitments to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and to respond to the effects of climate change.

The new annual reporting requirements phased in over 3 years provide transparency and accountability on climate-related issues, alongside supporting the long-term resilience of public service delivery in the context of climate change.

Benefits of climate-related reporting

In Implementation of climate-related reporting in central government annual reports the NAO shares learnings from the early phases of TCFD-alig

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