What do we do?
Our Mission is to enable everyone to live within our environmental means. This is most clearly exemplified by the need to tackle climate change internationally and through domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment.
The Comprehensive Spending Review settlement formalises Defra's strategy, and connects it with the priorities of Government as a whole.
Defra leads on two new Public Service Agreements, which are key cross-government priorities:
- Secure a healthy natural environment for today and the future
- Lead the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change
Defra also has eight Departmental Strategic Objectives which describe everything we do, and which will be used to manage performance:
- Climate change tackled internationally and through domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- A healthy, resilient, productive & diverse natural environment
- Sustainable patterns of consumption and production
- Economy and society resilient to environmental risk and adapted to the impacts of climate change
- A thriving farming and food sector, with an improving net environmental impact
- Championing Sustainable Development across government, across the UK, and internationally
- Strong rural communities
- A respected department delivering efficient and high quality services and outcomes
Further information can be found on the Treasury website.
Page last modified: 9 October 2007