Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 14 December 2016.
You’re absolutely right. The C40—the group of cities that you’re referring to—I met with several of the mayors when I was in Marrakech at COP22, and it was really interesting to hear about their plans to end the use of diesel cars, for instance, by 2025. Other countries are looking to do it also by 2030, 2035, and we have to keep pace, otherwise we’re going to look like dinosaurs. So, it’s really important that we do that. I’m having discussions with my colleague Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, around sustainable transport. I think we need to set some targets, and I mentioned last week in the energy statement that we have to have a realistic target, but I’m very happy to look at that. I’m also very happy if any cities—. I suppose Cardiff, I think, have made some comments around Cardiff looking to do that also, so I’m very happy to have those discussions, but we really do need to ensure that we do keep at the fore of these announcements.