Shows promise. But must try harder: An assessment by the SDC of the Government's reported progress on sustainable development over the past five years
In 1999, the UK Government published a sustainable development strategy for the UK, A Better Quality of Life (ABQL). The Government?s recent annual report on sustainable development Achieving a Better Quality of Life (ABQL 2003) presents a review of progress since 1999. Following this review, the Government is planning to launch a consultation in April 2004 on a revision of the UK Sustainable Development Strategy that will look forward over the next five years and beyond. Separate reviews are planned for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, taking account of the UK review as appropriate. The Sustainable Development Commission has therefore taken this opportunity to conduct its own review of the last five years, and now publishes this report as a commentary on the Government?s own assessment, and as a contribution to defining priorities and objectives for the forthcoming review of the UK strategy and of the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish reviews.
