Net zero and climate targets

Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 May 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…going on, an immense amount of work, as I’ve seen, since I’ve come in on this side of the table now, on decarbonisation and climate resilience activity. It is cross-portfolio work; it is collaborative. So, I don’t want to give the impression that I am somehow the ringmaster here. It isn’t—. Every…

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

22 May 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…that they continue with these ambitions? And what mechanisms would you have in place to ensure that net-zero ambitions are met? When you meet, is there a line there when you're discussing things: 'How are you achieving these targets? Where are you up to?' Is that something that happens?

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 May 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…this.' That was right for the time; now we have to say that that is now embedded in Government. We have carbon budgets to deliver, we have net-zero pathways to make real, we have to ratchet up as we go along as well. Having that lead from the top, from the First Minister, is good. We're in…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 May 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

I can say with the—. First of all, on the ambitions and the targets, both within the second carbon budget but also moving on to No. 3 and then beyond, we've always taken this approach, and it probably chimes with Lord Stern's original words about taking the decisions early, moving ahead early, but…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

22 May 2024, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Climate Change scrutiny with the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Thank you for that question, Janet. The priorities of Government remain exactly the same. We have to deliver on the carbon budgets that we've set out, on the ambition that we've set out as well, and keep on working together across Government to achieve that. But the priorities within portfolios have…

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Paul DaviesConservative

21 May 2024, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

…landfill site scandal, but, sadly, the local community still continues to live with potentially toxic emissions coming from the site, despite the fact that Natural Resources Wales's latest enforcement notice deadline to the operator was this time last week. It's infuriating that people living near…

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Luke FletcherPlaid

21 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the First Minister

…what this impact might have on the wider Welsh economy and achieving the ambitions that we have around net zero and other ambitions.

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Nice to have you back. Llywydd, it’s helpful if I can restate our approach here and in Net Zero Wales—it’s how we increase renewable energy in Wales whilst also committing to phasing out unabated gas-fired generation, and it’s for the reasons that you outline. Where the Welsh Government is called to…

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Paul DaviesConservative

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…this site. Now, as was said, on Friday, Public Health Wales issued advice saying that the odours and emissions coming from the site could be harmful to people's health, and they urged people with symptoms to seek medical advice. Now, I'm surprised that we've not heard more from Public Health Wales.…

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Delyth JewellPlaid

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…to communicating that challenge. Westminster politics increasingly downplays the importance of reaching net zero. The Conservatives, of course, have led on this in Westminster, but Labour on a UK level are retreating from the ambition that we need to see. So, what effect is that distance or that gap…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…their windows closed, and doors, during what is now—hopefully and thankfully—warm weather, because the emissions may be harmful to health, and to contact any health provider if there are any concerns. This week, the head of south-west operations for NRW said: 'We fully understand the strength of…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…missions and achieving both of them requires collaboration. For our part, the just transition to net zero is at the very heart of this Government; it's embedded throughout everything we do. We will ensure workers and consumers are front and centre in the net-zero transition and that the people of…

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Huw Irranca-DaviesLabour

15 May 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

…support the construction of new power plants that are fossil-fuel powered. We must reduce fossil fuel emissions and increase generation from renewable sources to meet our ambitious climate targets.

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