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From reducing carbon emission to better protecting Wales' seas and coastline, WWF Cymru's lobbying at the Sennedd is action packed.
With 1 in 3 people polled in Wales believing climate change will cause problems in their lifetime and 7 per cent viewing it as a real threat, WWF Cymru is putting climate change at the heart of its lobbying activities in the lead up to the Welsh Assembly election in May 2007.
Anne Meikle, Policy and Advocacy Manager for WWF Cymru explained: "The Assembly's forthcoming programme presents WWF Cymru with numerous opportunities to tackle the urgent need to cut Wales' carbon emissions. The recently launched Marine consultation is also a crucial development for helping to manage our seas and coastlines better."
One major political development is the Assembly's commitment to produce an 'Energy Route Map for Wales'. WWF Cymru hopes this will support energy efficiency measures and a reduction in the demand for power. Another area of potential for Wales is the growth in microgeneration of electricity. WWF Cymru responded to the Assembly's action plan on this which could lead the way for small domestic and local generation from technology such as solar power and small wind turbines across Wales,.
WWF Cymru is disappointed that the government has opted to support a new generation of nuclear power instead of going to the heart of the energy debate and looking at ways to reduce energy consumption in its future energy policy, launched this summer.
The energy review also supports the need to explore the potential costs and benefits of a range of tidal technologies including the proposed £15 billion barrage in the Severn Estuary. WWF Cymru welcomes the commitment to look beyond the Barrage and make the best use of the tidal resource throughout the UK. WWF Cymru has lobbied against the Barrage because it does not believe that it's the most sustainable option for harnessing the tidal power of the estuary.
WWF has been campaigning for new marine legislation for the last 6 years and this summer the UK Government launched its draft Marine Bill. WWF Cymru has submitted its response to this and has called on the WAG to develop an integrated system of Marine Spatial Planning which has at its heart sustainable development. According to WWF Cymru, it's crucial that all marine stakeholders sign up to this plan, including the oil and gas industries which can add a considerable amount of expertise to this process.
WWF Cymru as a member of Wales Environment Link has outlined its vision for the management of Welsh Territorial Seas. To view this visit www.wwf.org/cymru
Anne Meikle, Policy and Advocacy Manager for WWF Cymru explained: "The Assembly's forthcoming programme presents WWF Cymru with numerous opportunities to tackle the urgent need to cut Wales' carbon emissions. The recently launched Marine consultation is also a crucial development for helping to manage our seas and coastlines better."
The new Assembly building in Cardiff Bay
One major political development is the Assembly's commitment to produce an 'Energy Route Map for Wales'. WWF Cymru hopes this will support energy efficiency measures and a reduction in the demand for power. Another area of potential for Wales is the growth in microgeneration of electricity. WWF Cymru responded to the Assembly's action plan on this which could lead the way for small domestic and local generation from technology such as solar power and small wind turbines across Wales,.
WWF Cymru is disappointed that the government has opted to support a new generation of nuclear power instead of going to the heart of the energy debate and looking at ways to reduce energy consumption in its future energy policy, launched this summer.
The energy review also supports the need to explore the potential costs and benefits of a range of tidal technologies including the proposed £15 billion barrage in the Severn Estuary. WWF Cymru welcomes the commitment to look beyond the Barrage and make the best use of the tidal resource throughout the UK. WWF Cymru has lobbied against the Barrage because it does not believe that it's the most sustainable option for harnessing the tidal power of the estuary.
WWF has been campaigning for new marine legislation for the last 6 years and this summer the UK Government launched its draft Marine Bill. WWF Cymru has submitted its response to this and has called on the WAG to develop an integrated system of Marine Spatial Planning which has at its heart sustainable development. According to WWF Cymru, it's crucial that all marine stakeholders sign up to this plan, including the oil and gas industries which can add a considerable amount of expertise to this process.
WWF Cymru as a member of Wales Environment Link has outlined its vision for the management of Welsh Territorial Seas. To view this visit www.wwf.org/cymru
