Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change

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 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 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