7. Plaid Cymru Debate: Climate Change

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:42 pm on 24 October 2018.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 4:42, 24 October 2018

What I note is that renewable energy is now becoming the market preference, and that is absolutely what we should be aiming for, and that is what these incentives were made to achieve.

I was going to finish with the point that we need more woodland and forests, including a strategy for 20 per cent urban canopy cover, and active travel, again, has to be a key element—active travel involving us all individually. That's a big part of the commitment. But despite not being able to fully support Plaid's motion, I do think that the push behind it for a powerful political consensus in Wales to help us radically reduce climate change is most welcome.