The Climate Emergency

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:35 pm on 8 November 2022.

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Photo of Delyth Jewell Delyth Jewell Plaid Cymru 1:35, 8 November 2022

Thank you, Trefnydd. This week, as you've alluded to, world leaders are in Egypt for COP27, to discuss how the world can avoid disaster. They do so against the backdrop of warnings from the UN that the planet is on track towards being an unlivable world, and still those leaders fail to do what's necessary to save our future. That future is the inheritance that we will give to young people, yet their voices are stubbornly absent from so much decision making on this issue that will determine the rest of their lives. And those young people really want their voices to be heard. This morning, as again you've alluded to, I hosted a youth COP meeting here in Cardiff, alongside the Deputy Minister for Climate Change and Size of Wales. And, this Thursday, events will continue, and schools across Wales will gather in the Temple of Peace to share ideas about how this world can be saved. Can you give a message, please, on behalf of your Government, to the young people of Wales about how you will involve them in Welsh decisions that will affect our collective future?