The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change () is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Huw Irranca-Davies since March 2024.
Ministers
Responsibilities
The post's responsibilities are:
- 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
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