Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has made moves to boost active travel after a minister admitted to AMs that despite pioneering legislation passed in 2013, ‘we have not seen anything like the increase in walking and cycling levels that we want and need’.

MPs have called on the UK and Welsh governments to consider a range of low-carbon energy projects in north-west Wales following the suspension of work on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station.

The foundations are in place throughout the UK to deliver a net zero economy – but the UK can be more ambitious by targeting a reduction of its greenhouse gases to zero by 2050.

The Welsh Government has committed itself to a major increase in tree planting to meet the country’s carbon reduction goals. It should see Wales reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050.