:Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change
{{Short description|Welsh Government cabinet minister}}
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| body = Wales
| native_name = {{native name|cy|Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd}}
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| image = Official photograph of Huw Irranca-Davies MS Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs (Portrait).jpg
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| incumbent = Huw Irranca-Davies MS
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| incumbentsince = {{Start date|df=yes|2024|03|21}}
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| status = Cabinet Secretary
| abbreviation = Secretary
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| reports_to = the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales
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| seat = Cardiff
| nominator = First Minister of Wales
| appointer = The Crown
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| termlength = Five years
| termlength_qualified = Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years
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| first = Julie James MS
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| website = {{url|https://gov.wales/huw-irranca-davies-ms}}
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The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change ({{langx|cy|Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd}}) is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Huw Irranca-Davies since March 2024.
Ministers
Responsibilities
{{See also|Politics of Wales|2021 Senedd election}}
The post's responsibilities are:{{Cite web |title=Julie James MS: Minister for Climate Change {{!}} GOV.WALES |url=https://www.gov.wales/julie-james-ms |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.gov.wales |language=en}}
- Climate change, natural resources and energy responsibilities
- Marine and freshwater planning, biodiversity, conservation and licensing
- Ensuring land policy is used optimally and most versatile, advise on the restoration of mineral sites, Agricultural Land Classification and implementing EIA (Agriculture) Regulations
- Energy policy, which includes small and medium-scale energy production, domestic energy and energy efficiency
- Renewable energy in Wales
- Climate change, addressed with carbon budgets and emission reduction targets
- Natural resources management, including oversight and implementation of the Environment (Wales) Act, as well as overseeing Natural Resources Wales
- Cross-cutting mitigation and adaption measures relating to climate change, including the involvement of water, flooding (and coastal) risk, land drainage, and controlling marine and air pollution.
- Coal tip safety in Wales
- Water
- Forestry policy and legislation, including restocking and the monitoring of the health of trees, and "forest reproductive material"
- National Forest for Wales
- Biodiversity policy, including the Nature Recovery Plan's implementation
- Sustainable use of resources, and waste management
- Managing the quality of the local environment, including litter, fly-tipping, the Deposit Return Scheme, noise policy and regulation
- National Parks
- Leading allotment and urban green infrastructure strategy
- Community Green Spaces
- Countryside, coast, right of way, and waterways/water bodies access
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty{{Cite web |date=2024-01-02 |title=Welsh Government organisation chart {{!}} GOV.WALES |url=https://www.gov.wales/welsh-government-organisation-chart |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.gov.wales |language=en}}
See also
References
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