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£150m for insulation, clean energy and carbon reduction in social homes

Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters has announced an additional £150m to retrofit social homes with new technologies and insulation to help curb Wales’ emissions.

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All new schools and colleges in Wales to be net zero carbon

Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has today announced that all new school and college buildings, major refurbishment and extension projects will be required to meet Net Zero Carbon targets from January 1 2022.

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First Minister travels to COP26 to meet world leaders

First Minister Mark Drakeford will today (Monday 1 November) board a train from Cardiff to Glasgow to join world leaders for the UN Climate Conference in Scotland.

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Decade of action needed to tackle climate crisis and achieve a net zero Wales

First Minister Mark Drakeford and Climate Change Minister Julie James today called for a ‘decade of action’ to tackle the climate change crisis as they published Net Zero Wales – the next phase in our journey towards a ‘greener, stronger, fairer Wales’.

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First Minister holds inaugural Ireland-Wales Ministerial Forum

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, will today host the first Ireland-Wales Forum to be held in Cardiff with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney T.D.

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Welsh Government attracts Global smart tech energy team to Wales

Innovative smart energy technology provider Thermify is to establish a facility in South Wales, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.

The international company, headed by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Travis Theune, is due to move into Sony’s Pencoed site this month.

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New images show true scale of ‘ambitious and complex’ Welsh Metro project

“Delivering the £1bn Welsh Metro project will be one of the most ambitious and complex programmes we’ve ever undertaken.”

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Rhyl Transforming Towns project is a win-win – Economy Minister

A project in a former builders’ merchant in Rhyl is a win-win benefiting the town centre while creating jobs, bringing training opportunities and supporting affordable housing Economy Minister Vaughan Gething said today.

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Substantial funding made available as key agricultural schemes extended

More than £66 million is being made available by the Welsh Government to continue delivering positive environmental outcomes for Wales, a key part of maximising the protective power of nature through farming.

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Panel of leading UK  transport and climate change experts to carry out Roads Review

The Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS, has today announced the Chair and Panel that will be carrying out the Welsh Government’s Roads Review and confirmed the road schemes that will be considered as part of the review.

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Welsh Government and network operators to work together on plan as UK first for integrated energy grid for net zero.

The Welsh Government has committed to net zero emissions by 2050. Achieving net zero requires rapid transformation of our energy system, to enable the decarbonisation of home heating, transport and industry.

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Welsh Government: No more fossil fuels to heat new homes

The use of fossil fuels to heat newly built social homes will end from October 1st as Welsh Government commits to renewable energies and cutting edge technologies in its new build standards, published today.