Sustainability Committee

Inquiry into Carbon Reduction in Wales

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

Reports

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

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

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

Written Evidence

Residential Cabon Reduction

Carbon Reduction by Transport

Carbon Reduction by Industry and Public Bodies

Presentations

Residential Carbon Reduction (pdf 425 KB)

Carbon Reduction from Transport (pdf 416 KB)

Call for evidence

Electricity Generation (including renewable energy) (closed 14 March 2008)

Industry and Public Bodies (closed 28 January 2008)

Transport (closed 12 November 2007)

Residential (closed 5 October 2007)