Sustainability Committee

Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales

Final Report (PDF, 1MB)

The Minister's response to the report was published on 19 January 2011 (PDF, 354KB)

Terms of Reference

To scrutinise the Welsh Assembly Government on its progress in contributing to the UK’s carbon reduction targets and its proposals for meeting the 3% per year carbon reduction target for Wales contained in the One Wales document.  The inquiry will focus on the following topic areas:

• Residential carbon reduction

• Carbon reduction by transport

• Carbon reduction by industry and public bodies

• Carbon reduction from electricity generation (including renewable energy)

• Rural land use management and carbon reduction

• The role of the planning system in carbon reduction

Carbon Reduction in Wales: Introduction to the Sustainability Committee’s inquiry into Carbon reduction in Wales (PDF 58KB)

Carbon Reduction - Residential

Residential Carbon Reduction in Wales: First report of the Sustainability Committee’s Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales (PDF 115KB) - report

Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Sustainability Committee Report into Residential Carbon Reduction in Wales - response

Residential Carbon Reduction - written evidence

Residential Carbon Reduction (pdf 425 KB) - presentation

Residential (closed 5 October 2007) - call for evidence

Carbon Reduction - Transport

Carbon Reduction by Transport in Wales: Second Report of the Sustainability Committee’s Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales (PDF 108KB) - report

Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Sustainability Committee Report into Carbon Reduction by Transport in Wales - response

Carbon Reduction by Transport - written evidence

Carbon Reduction from Transport (pdf 416 KB) - presentation

Transport (closed 12 November 2007) - call for evidence

Carbon Reduction - Industry and Public Bodies

Carbon Reduction by Industry and Public Bodies in Wales: Third Report of the Sustainability Committee's Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales (PDF 264KB) - report

Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Sustainability Committee Report into Carbon Reduction by Industry and Public Bodies (PDF, 242KB) - response

Carbon Reduction by Industry and Public Bodies - written evidence

Industry and Public Bodies (closed 28 January 2008) - call for evidence

Carbon Reduction - Energy

Fourth report of the Sustainability Committee's Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales (PDF, 864KB)

Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Sustainability Committee Report into Carbon reduction from electricity generation (including renewable energy) (PDF, 248KB) - response

Carbon Reduction in Wales: Electricity Generation - written evidence

Electricity Generation (including renewable energy) (closed 14 March 2008) - call for evidence

Carbon Reduction - Land Use

Fifth report of the Sustainability Committee's Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales (PDF, 404KB)

Welsh Assembly Government's Response to the Sustainability Committee Report into Rural land use management and carbon reduction (PDF, 192KB) - response

Carbon Reduction in Wales: Rural Land Use Management and Carbon Reduction - written evidence

Rural Land Use Management and Carbon Reduction (closed 17 October 2008) (pdf 28 KB) - call for evidence

Carbon Reduction - Planning

Carbon Reduction in Wales: The role of the planning system in carbon reduction - written evidence

Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales: The Role of the Planning System Carbon Reduction (closes 23 January 2009) - call for evidence