Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Tackling Inequalities Other/developing local evidence use infrastructure Infrastructure requirements for Wales to transition to a prosperous, sustainable economy Understanding wealth and wellbeing The twenty-first century will not be like the twentieth. Most obviously, the economy of the future will be low-carbon, more efficient, less reliant on fossil fuels and highly digitised. It will need to forgo dangerous depletion of natural resources, in particular the renewable kind, such as forests, fisheries and ecosystems that […] Read more Topics: Economy Net Zero May 24, 2022
Blog Post Community Wellbeing Environment and Net Zero Other/developing local evidence use infrastructure The impact of infrastructure on wellbeing in Wales Infrastructure is inextricably linked to well-being. Good infrastructure, well-designed and well-located, developed according to sound principles and in collaboration with the end-users, will likely produce outstanding results for a long period of time. The converse is also true. The upcoming report from the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) - “Infrastructure and long-term wellbeing” - […] Read more May 23, 2022
Report Environment and Net Zero What Works Network Implementation Project Building on our work to increase the impact of the What Works network across the UK, the Wales Centre for Public Policy won funding from the ESRC to work with Professor Jonathan Sharples at EEF and other What Works Centres to apply the latest thinking and evidence on implementation – how evidence is used in decision […] Read more Topics: Local government April 10, 2022
Report Community Wellbeing Environment and Net Zero Tackling Inequalities 2021 - In Review This report provides a brief overview of the work we undertook in 2021, with embedded hyperlinks to our full reports. You can download the report below. Welcome to our review of some of the highlights of the Wales Centre for Public Policy’s work in 2021. We enjoyed another productive and prolific year in which […] Read more March 3, 2022
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero The future of Wales’ farming policy The Welsh Government is currently developing agricultural policy proposals which aim to support farmers in adopting sustainable farming practices. Their intentions for primary legislation can be found in the Agriculture (Wales) White Paper, for which consultations closed in March 2021. Their intention is for the Bill to ‘be informed by the best available evidence’ from […] Read more Topics: Economy Net Zero June 30, 2021
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Climate Change: Making the Transition Happen in Wales Recent developments give reasons to be ambitious about what Wales can do to tackle climate change. In December 2020, the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) recommended that Wales move to target Net Zero emissions by 2050, above its previous recommendation of a 95% reduction. Environment Minister Lesley Griffiths has committed to putting this target in […] Read more Topics: Just Transition Net Zero April 7, 2021
Report Community Wellbeing Environment and Net Zero Tackling Inequalities 2020 - In Review This report provides a brief overview of the work we undertook in 2020, with embedded hyperlinks to our full reports. You can download the report below. 2020 was the year when ‘following the science’ became a matter of life or death. Here at the Wales Centre for Public Policy we worked tirelessly with ministers […] Read more March 23, 2021
Report Environment and Net Zero Remote Working The Welsh economy is experiencing a profound and unprecedented shock due to the Coronavirus pandemic. One of the consequences of lockdowns and public health restrictions has been requiring people, where they can, to work from home. UK data suggests that while just 5 per cent of workers worked from home prior to March 2020, this […] Read more Topics: Economy Employment Employment, work and skills February 22, 2021
Report Environment and Net Zero Achieving a just transition in Wales With ten years left to avoid a climate system breakdown as cautioned by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the need for decarbonising our economies has never been more urgent. Decarbonisation is a major policy challenge with the Welsh Government stating its ambition for a target of a 95% reduction in emissions by 2050. […] Read more Topics: Economy Energy Net Zero January 27, 2021
Report Environment and Net Zero The implications of the European transition for key Welsh economic sectors Following its exit from the EU, the UK Government has started to negotiate free trade agreements with the EU and with other countries around the world. The negotiations and their outcomes will have a profound impact on the Welsh economy, as a whole and individually for key sectors. The Counsel General and Minister for European […] Read more Topics: Economy December 17, 2020
