Professor Mark Scott:

We are certainly looking at the land use review, how we overcome issues of silent policymaking or fragmentation or just the breadth of policies that have a land use impact.

Regarding a broader national environmental policy, that is beyond the work we do, so this is me expressing a personal viewpoint. I think it would be helpful. Dr. Cotter suggested some of the interactions or impacts some policies could have on one another. An integrated approach can also generate co-benefits. Biodiversity is a good case. What we do with biodiversity could also interact with our climate actions. We know that good quality green spaces in cities have a positive impact on health and well-being and we know that nature-based approaches that also help biodiversity can counteract or mitigate some flooding impacts as well. We could have something that tries to capture how different sectors interact with one another but also maximises what we are doing by capturing the co-benefits across a whole range of environmental policies.