<p>The Ecological Footprint of Wales’s Urban Environments </p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 24 May 2017.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 2:05, 24 May 2017

First—First Minister? Cabinet Secretary—[Interruption.] Yes, that was a quick promotion.

If everyone in the world consumed as much as we do in Wales, we’d need 2.5 planets. I was looking at the ‘Ecological and Carbon Footprints of Wales’ 2015 report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, which I’m glad to say the Welsh Government did commission, and about 11 per cent of our footprint relates to transport—promoting cycling is one of the best things we could do. Actually, Welsh cities are quite good environments for promoting cycling; they’re relatively flat. But what we need to do is re-designate—[Interruption.] Well, Swansea in parts, I suppose. What we need to do is re-designate some of our roads as exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists. Until we do that, we won’t get the sort of modal shift we require.