8. Plaid Cymru Debate: Climate Change

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:27 pm on 1 May 2019.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 5:27, 1 May 2019

Okay. And I've already wasted 30 seconds in making that point, and point taken.

The other point I'd like to make is that, if this motion was passed today, then it would mark us becoming the first Parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency, and that would give, I hope, the Government a mandate and the confidence to go further and faster than is currently the case. We owe it to our future generations. We know that they've made their views known recently, and, of course, we know as well that, by the time that next generation has their hands on powers, then it'll be too late, so it falls on us as today's leaders to step forward and deliver.

Declaring a climate emergency isn't the culmination of anything; it's the beginning. And my plea to you, Minister, First Minister and the Welsh Government, is: let's move into action mode and let's do something.