Green Recovery

In setting its priorities for the Sixth Senedd, the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (“the Committee”) agreed to examine the progress of the implementation of the report of the Green Recovery Task and Finish Group.  The Group, led by the Chair of Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Sir David Henshaw was set up in May 2020 by the Welsh Government in order to identify priorities for action for the Welsh Government’s Recovery Plan from Covid-19.

The Committee will explore the following areas:

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>>>   Progress in taking forward the ‘priority actions’ identified in the Green Recovery: Priorities for Action report;

>>>   Progress in taking forward the recommendations in the Green Recovery: Supporting the environmental sector in Wales report;

>>>   The development of the National Nature Service for Wales; and

>>>   Next steps

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Evidence gathering

At its meeting on Thursday 30 June, the Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Green Recovery Task Group. The Committee also heard evidence from a panel of experts from the environmental sector to gather their views on progress towards a Green Recovery .