<p>Climate Change</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 8 June 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:52, 8 June 2016

Well, one way of improving the environment, of course, and indeed emissions, is to invest more in sustainable energy, which I know is a particular issue in his part of the world. It is obvious that there are some forms of energy that are far less polluting than others, and that’s the way that we have to go and the world has to go in the future. One way, of course, of investing further in terms of reducing carbon emissions is investment in public transport. The south-east Wales metro is an example of that, as will other metro systems be across Wales, in Swansea and indeed in the north-east of Wales to begin with.

There are also other ways, of course, in which emissions can be reduced. For example, where you have problems with traffic, where traffic is idling for some time or moving slowly on a particular road, then a bypass helps. I’m sure he will know that, of course, given the fact that the Newtown bypass is moving forward. That will help to reduce emissions, I’m sure, in his constituency.