Net zero and climate targets

Ben Cottam

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7

…but I think where we look at these kinds of things, de-risking some of that conversation about decarbonisation seems a useful area for these kinds of mechanisms, where, if I look at businesses moving to electric fleet, electric vehicles or any other more sustainable mode, there is an inherent risk…

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Leighton Jenkins

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7

…seem to be much in either strategy or budget that says how we're going to help these large firms decarbonise. They're major employers, and a lot of them are not sure what support is available at a Wales level. That didn't use to be the case. I've been here for 10 years, and previous Welsh…

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Suzy Davies

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7

…it, Ben: electric charging points. Certainly, from tourism, we're very, very keen on sustainability and decarbonisation and the greener economy is a great place for tourism to actually be very active. But there are straightforward things like if we want to introduce electric charging points into…

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Ben Cottam

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7

…vehicles, for instance, and that is going to be one of the big areas where businesses can themselves decarbonise and make a credible option for electric fleet. That is, obviously, a joint enterprise between the Welsh and UK Governments. So, again, it's very difficult to unpick the levels of support…

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Sam RowlandsConservative

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…the correlation perhaps isn't as straight as people want it to be. Just going back also to talk about decarbonisation of homes, you mentioned earlier that there could or should be more investment, or there could or should be more regulation. You didn't talk about incentives and, obviously, in this…

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Sophie Howe

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

I think there's been a marked shift positively from the declaration of the climate emergency in 2019 to where we are now. I think that there are still some—. You know, the figures sort of—. Well, I would say the figures speak for themselves, but they don't, because of the nuances that you've pointed…

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Sam RowlandsConservative

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…and I've a quick question on that there. So, on tier 1 there, which is the primary budget spend on decarbonisation, you see that movement there from around 2 per cent up to 3 per cent of spend on decarbonisation. So, if I were in Government, I would say, 'We've increased that by 50 per cent, moved…

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Rhianon PassmoreLabour

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…led to a step change in the way in which capital is deployed, and obviously in terms of the nature and climate emergency in particular, where historic investment strategies haven't, perhaps, aligned with the current climate and environmental policies? It's quite a long question.

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Sophie Howe

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…aware of and be on our guard about in terms of the potential to increase inequality. So, those were the climate emergency—. So, our findings probably won't surprise you, in that those who are least able to cope with the effects of climate change, so things like flooding and so on, have the potential…

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Sophie Howe

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…to meet their aspirations, both in terms of good and decent jobs for people and in terms of meeting our decarbonisation targets.

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Sophie Howe

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…that Wales should be shifting to a low-carbon economy, which we have decided because we've declared a climate emergency and so on, then the whole skills system, through to how to fund apprenticeship schemes and courses, and what are our regional skills partnerships doing and so on, all of that needs…

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Sophie Howe

19 January 2022, Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 5

…to—. So, what we're seeing is that the £1.8 billion that has been allocated is predominantly for decarbonisation. Now, some things that you do with nature, for example, peatland restoration and so on, have a positive benefit in terms of decarbonisation, but it's not always quite as clear cut as…

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