7. Plaid Cymru Debate: Climate Change

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 24 October 2018.

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(Translated)

Motion NDM6835 Rhun ap Iorwerth

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

2. Notes the report's conclusion that governments must take urgent and far-reaching action by 2030 in order to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees celsius.

3. Notes that the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee has found that the Welsh Government is likely to fail to reach its targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to report back to the Assembly on what significant action it will take in response to the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:

5. Believes that those actions should include:

a) a fracking ban in Wales;

b) abandoning the M4 black route plan and investing in more sustainable solutions to solve M4 capacity problem in the area;

c) a significant increase in investment in retrofitting housing and strengthening building regulations to achieve the objective of near-zero energy buildings; and

d) establishing a national energy company to help achieve the goal of generating as much electricity as is consumed in Wales from renewable energy by 2035, investing profits in better services and prices for clients.

6. Calls on the Welsh Government, the National Assembly for Wales and other public organisations in Wales to be part of the global movement to disinvest in fossil fuels.