Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Why a ‘Just Transition’? Decarbonisation and economic justice This is the first in a series of 3 blogs posts on achieving a just transition.This first blog considers what a just transition is, our second what such a transition might look like in Wales, and final blog post considers the potential role of governance in realising a just transition in Wales. Commitments to a net-zero carbon society raise questions […] Read more Topics: Just Transition Net Zero December 16, 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
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 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
Blog Post Environment and Net Zero Rethinking Food Policy as Public Policy in Wales – Now Needed More Than Ever with ‘Brexeat’? It's hard to focus after a political earthquake. The vote to leave the European Union is a political earthquake of the highest magnitude. We are still in a period of many after-shocks. So what to make of this report about Welsh food policy from the Public Policy Institute for Wales that was published just after […] Read more Topics: Economy Health inequalities Net Zero July 19, 2016
