7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: A green recovery

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 3 November 2021.

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(Translated)

Amendment 2—Siân Gwenllian

Add as new sub-points at end of point 4:

develop and implement a marine development plan to provide certainty to energy developers by guiding the siting of renewable developments away from the most ecologically sensitive areas;

maximise Wales’s potential for renewable energy and economic development by seeking the full devolution of the management of the Crown Estate and its assets in Wales to the Welsh Government, alongside the full devolution of energy powers;

invest in decarbonisation research, particularly for key industrial sectors such as steel, to position Wales as a world leader in emerging Welsh strengths such as hydrogen and marine energy;

urgently introduce legally binding nature recovery targets for Welsh habitats and species, with the core aims of reversing biodiversity decline by 2030 and seeing substantive biodiversity recovery by 2050;

invest heavily in nature-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity decline, in both terrestrial and marine environments.