The Welsh Government is not on track to meet its emissions targets according to a new report. The Climate Change Committee (CCC), the UK's independent adviser on tackling climate change, has warned the Welsh Government has made insufficient progress on emissions reduction with the policy powers available with a report arguing that action should now be focused on those sectors where Welsh ministers have the greatest capacity to effect change.
The Welsh Government has set the target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but the report states that if this decarbonisation is to happen then Wales must now accelerate. The plan to reach net zero is mapped out by a series of legislated five-yearly carbon budgets and with other interim targets.
The Welsh Government has managed to achieve its first carbon budget between 2016-2020 but is "not yet on track to meet its targets for the second half of this decade and beyond”. The report states that while “some positive steps have been taken” there “are too many areas where the Welsh Government has policy responsibility but progress is slow”.
