6. Will the First Minister provide an update on Welsh Government efforts to tackle climate change? OAQ53743

I thank the Member for the question.

The latest state of the estate report shows that, as of 31 March 2018, the Welsh Government has reduced emissions from our own administrative estate by 57 per cent against a 2010 baseline and that already exceeds the target we set then for 2020. We also made significant reductions in the consumption of electricity, water and waste as part of our own efforts to tackle climate change.

I thank him for his answer. First Minister, your party has now declared a state of climate emergency. If the Welsh Government declare this officially it will be first Government in the world to do so. Can I ask: does declaring a climate change emergency mean that the Government won't be able to go ahead with its plans for the M4 relief road, and, if it doesn't, what exactly is the point of declaring the emergency?

Well, the Member is aware, Llywydd, I know, that I cannot make any comment today in relation to the M4 relief road because I'm bound not to by the rules that Governments are bound by during a by-election period. The general point the Member makes is an important one, of course, that global warming is a genuine challenge that faces the whole of the globe and that the actions that any Government makes in major investments have to be treated against the impact that they have on creating a global future for generations that come after us and make a genuine inroad into the problems that climate change poses.

Thank you, First Minister.