Environment and Net Zero Overcoming the challenges of financing retrofit in the UK: A pathway to net zero December 12, 2024 by cuwpadmin Wales and the UK face a significant challenge in ramping up retrofit delivery to meet net zero, fuel poverty and health goals. Currently, across the UK, we retrofit around 250,000 homes per year, but to meet our targets, we need to increase this to 1.5 million homes annually by 2035. This sixfold increase is critical […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero A local authority-led transition to net zero The Welsh Government has an ambition of a net zero public sector by 2030. However, the current budgetary pressures in the Welsh public sector, and for local authorities in particular, will make realising this ambition particularly challenging. In order to support the 2030 ambition, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) is coordinating a climate change […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero The Cardiff Capital Region, Cars and Transit Oriented Development June 10, 2024 by cuwpadmin The problem Our planning and development eco-system has resulted in us building ‘all the wrong stuff in all the wrong places’ for over 50 years. Homes, hospitals, shops, offices, cinemas, leisure centres, etc are all designed and located around car access. This car based eco-system now means that many new houses are located in places […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Loneliness and Connected Communities Tackling Inequalities Hidden poverty in Welsh communities June 3, 2024 by cuwpadmin Poverty is sometimes depicted as a primarily urban phenomenon but there is financial hardship in all regions and geographies in Wales. One in five (21%) of the Welsh population are living in relative income poverty; an even greater proportion are going without essentials. Three in ten people (31%) are struggling to heat their homes, and […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Tackling Inequalities Navigating farming futures May 31, 2024 by cuwpadmin How can farmers go ‘Green’ if they are in the ‘Red’? Following Brexit and the introduction of the UK Domestic Agricultural Policy, the UK farming sector faces substantial uncertainty. This blog explores some economic, social, and environmental impacts of these changes in Wales, with a particular emphasis on the emerging issue of poverty among farming […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Towards a green economy: building on Wales’ legislative foundation May 13, 2024 by cuwpadmin There is much talk about the scale and pace of change that is needed to move towards net zero in Wales. The changes are equally important for a prosperous economy as well as a green economy, as we discussed in our evidence paper for the Senedd’s Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee. There are important […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero Governance and Implementation How to improve regional productivity levers in England and Wales April 17, 2024 by cuwpadmin How to improve regional productivity levers in England and Wales As winners of the 2024 Award for the Best Paper published in Regional Studies Policy Debates, Helen Tilley, Jack Newman, Charlotte Hoole, Andrew Connell, and Ananya Mukherjee discuss the winning paper. They argue that UK regions lack the policy levers they need to improve productivity […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero What could education, jobs and work look like across Wales by 2035? Education and work form the backbone of people’s lives, as well as being of crucial importance to the economic and social development of Wales. Achieving net zero calls for the development of new industries, the creation and change of job roles and mitigating the effects of industry closure. The Welsh Government, as part of its […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero How can Wales feed itself in the biodiverse, carbon-neutral world of the future? October 16, 2023 by cuwpadmin WWF Cymru Policy and Advocacy Manager Alexander Phillips has responded to our recent report: How could Wales feed itself by 2035? As the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss become increasingly apparent around the globe, the question of ‘how could Wales feed itself in 2035’ and beyond is easily one of the most important […] Read more »
Environment and Net Zero The benefits of Welsh diet change for our health, climate and pockets July 24, 2023 by cuwpadmin Reducing emissions from agriculture remains one of the biggest barriers on Wales’ pathway to net zero. Progress has been limited in recent years and while ‘supply-side’ changes to farming practices are necessary, these alone will not be sufficient to achieve significant falls in agricultural emissions. There needs to be ‘demand-side’ change in the behaviour of […] Read more »
