Welsh Government Net Zero and Climate Policy on Transport, Agriculture and Consumption: Metadata for Insight From Key Stakeholders and Practitioners Working in Wales, 2021-23

A series of ‘Roundtables’ were held with a selected group of key actors, each focussing on a key area of policy; transport and mobility, food and agriculture, and material consumption and the economy. The discussions centred around the role these sectors have to play in mitigating climate change and reducing carbon emissions in Wales. Through inviting different stakeholders from organisations and local communities across Wales, across policy and practice, and asking them to deliberate information about the main policy objectives in each sector, this research gains insight into the workings of how policy might be put into action.

For policy relevant themes, there was a need to avoid the siloing, to reconceptualise metrics for progress away from the economic, and to encourage co-production and engagement between government, local authorities, business, and citizens. There were good examples of smaller projects across community transport, community supported agriculture, and sharing/fixing hubs that needs to be scaled up, with more consideration in planning and infrastructure that can facilitate the flow of resources, with better integration with public services and procurement. The importation of products and raw materials brought about concerns for farmers and those working to reduce wasteful consumption, where global international policy differs.

我们与选定的关键参与者群体举办了一系列“圆桌会议（Roundtables）”，每场会议聚焦一个核心政策领域：交通与出行、食品与农业、物质消费与经济。讨论围绕这些领域在威尔士减缓气候变化及减少碳排放中需发挥的作用展开。通过邀请威尔士各地组织与社区、政策与实践领域的不同利益相关者，引导他们审议各领域主要政策目标的相关信息，本研究深入了解了政策落地的运作机制。

在政策相关主题方面，需避免部门壁垒（siloing），重新构建非经济导向的进展衡量指标，并鼓励政府、地方当局、企业与公民之间的协同生产与互动。社区交通、社区支持农业、共享/维修中心等领域存在诸多值得扩大规模的小型项目案例，需在规划与基础设施建设中更多考虑资源流动的便利性，以及与公共服务和采购的更好整合。产品与原材料进口引发了农民及致力于减少浪费性消费人士的担忧——这一问题的背景是全球政策存在差异。