Report Environment and Net Zero Beyond Contracting: Public Service Stewardship to Maximise Public Value The public sector in Wales spends approximately £6 billion per annum with external suppliers. This represents nearly one third of total devolved expenditure. Approaches to procurement have recently come under critical scrutiny and a new national procurement strategy is currently being developed. Public bodies in Wales need to ensure that their procurement decisions reflect the […] Read more Topics: Economy Employment Employment, work and skills February 4, 2019
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero What’s being done across the world to tackle air pollution? This blog draws on the Wales Centre for Public Policy report, Air quality strategies and technologies: A rapid review of the international evidence, co-authored by Sarah Quarmby, Georgina Santos and Megan Mathias and explores what we know about different ways of cleaning up the air we breathe. What is air quality? Air quality is measured […] Read more Topics: Health inequalities Net Zero December 10, 2018
Report Environment and Net Zero Air Quality Strategies and Technologies Poor air quality negatively affects human health and the environment. For this reason, governments and private sector organisations across the world are developing and trialling a wide range of ways to improve air quality. This report provides a rapid review of the different types of air quality initiatives that exist internationally and offers a brief […] Read more Topics: Energy Net Zero November 20, 2018
Report Environment and Net Zero Increasing Household Waste Recycling with Behavioural Science To help understand how behavioural change interventions might help increase the household recycling rate further, WCPP hosted a workshop in May 2018. The workshop brought together some key stakeholders including Welsh Government policy officials, local authority waste management and environment directors, a leading supermarket chain, landlord associations, academics and behavioural change practitioners. The event also […] Read more Topics: Energy Housing and homes Net Zero September 10, 2018
Report Environment and Net Zero What Works in Tackling Rural Poverty: An Evidence Review of Interventions to Address Fuel Poverty This report explores interventions to tackle fuel poverty in a range of OECD countries about which some reliable evidence about effectiveness exists. The majority of interventions are large-scale government subsidised activities focused on improving the energy efficiency of the housing stock and/or household appliances (in particular hot water and heating boilers). Investment costs of these […] Read more Topics: Energy Poverty and social exclusion June 22, 2018
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero How community-based solutions can improve rural transport in Wales In a guest blog as part of our rural poverty series, Wales Community Transport Association Director Christine Boston explores how community-based solutions could be the key to improving transport in rural Wales. Now the sun is shining, it is hard to remember the extreme bad weather we experienced in the first part of 2018. However, […] Read more Topics: Community collaboration Just Transition June 18, 2018
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Brexit and Wales - Land and Sea: Griffin Carpenter Vlog Griffin Carpenter, from the New Economics Foundation, gives a brief overview of his report for the Wales Centre for Public Policy which looked at the implications of Brexit on fishing opportunities in Wales. Read more Topics: Economy Net Zero February 20, 2018
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Brexit and Wales - Land and Sea: Professor Janet Dwyer Vlog Professor Janet Dwyer, from the Countryside and Community Research Institute, gives a brief overview of her report for the Wales Centre for Public Policy which looked at the implications of Brexit on agriculture, rural areas and land use in Wales. Read more Topics: Economy Net Zero February 20, 2018
Report Environment and Net Zero Implications of Brexit for Fishing Opportunities in Wales This report explores the potential implications of the planned exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy for fisheries policy in Wales. Analysis of fleet economic performance under various Brexit scenarios reveals that, while the Welsh fishing fleet as a whole could gain, there are large divisions in […] Read more Topics: Economy February 13, 2018
Report Environment and Net Zero Participatory Budgeting The Welsh Government is exploring the role Participatory Budgeting (PB) could play in the Welsh Government budget. To help inform this work, this report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) provides evidence on the different types of PB, how they have been used, and the key considerations for designing a PB process. The […] Read more Topics: Economy Energy Local government Net Zero August 23, 2017
