WHAT STRATEGIES
IN WALES COULD REDUCE THE LEVEL OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
‘The Welsh Assembly Government [WAG] is committed to delivering
a climate change programme which meets the Kyoto target and moves the UK towards its domestic goal of
a 20% reduction below 1990 emissions in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010. ‘
1. Renewable energy resources
WAG Energy statement, February 2003
‘Renewable electricity production target 4TWh/yr
by 2010 and 7 TWh/yr by 2020’
‘CLIMATE CONCERN, Attitudes to climate change and
wind farms in Wales’ Sept 2004
by the Welsh Consumer Council and Friends of the Earth, Cymru.
This describes the findings of a Wales-wide survey to establish
- levels of concern about climate change
- whether people thought humans were making climate change more severe,
and if so which activities were responsible
- attitudes to wind farms
Other
links to this report include
WWF
and Wildlife Trust jointly produced ‘Turning the Tide – power
from the sea and protection for nature in Welsh waters’. March 2003
Marine update no. 54. This is downloadable in pdf.
www.abpmer.co.uk
These
marine environmental research consultants were commissioned in 2004 to research
into:
- scouring effects in the off shore N Hoyle wind farm;
- Scarweather offshore site;
- Swansea Bay tidal power generator;
- Potential Nature Conservation and Landscape Impacts of Marine Energy
Renewable
- Developments in Welsh Territorial Waters – for Countryside Council for
Wales 2005
2. More efficient use of energy
www.est.org.uk
provides information
on how to save energy both in the home and with transport
http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk
is
directed at all sectors of the economy from schools to large businesses and shows
them how to be more efficient with their energy demands
http://www.businessenvironment.wales.gov.uk
is the Welsh Assembly Government site where you can find out about the Business
and Environment Action Plan for Wales, the climate change Levy, UK emissions trading scheme 2002,
case studies of firms in Wales that are associated with developing renewable energy
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