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I am pleased to report on the recent meeting of the Climate Change Commission for Wales, held on 8 December in Cardiff and chaired by Peter Davies, Climate Change Commissioner for Wales.


I attended the Commission meeting and had the opportunity to update members on delivery of the second phase of the Arbed programme which will pump £45 million into energy efficiency measures over the next three years.  At the beginning of this year, we hope to have selected the projects that will be taken forward in the first round, and then to start delivery on the ground next spring.


In addition, the Welsh Government will be allocating an additional £3m into Arbed for this year from the £38\.9m consequential funding resulting from the council tax freeze in England.


I updated the Commission on the recent consultation on Green Deal which sets out the proposed arrangements for the future energy company obligation or ECO as it is known. Two targets are proposed, a Carbon Saving Target and an Affordable Warmth Target.


I also informed the Commission that the Welsh Government will be considering how it can tailor its own programmes \- Nest and Arbed \- to work alongside Green Deal.  It is important to consider how Green Deal can work in Wales to our best advantage, and as a potential catalyst for increasing the uptake of improvement measures and; an opportunity to make improving the quality of the housing stock in Wales affordable and in doing so reduce our energy use.


I confirmed that last month, I launched the first National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management, which sets out our approach to managing flood and coastal erosion risk. We have also published our raising awareness toolkit which aims to provide a guide to anyone who is interested in engaging with communities about flood risk. Guidance to assist local authorities in completing Local Strategies will be published shortly.


The Welsh Government will be using the Support for Sustainable Living framework to commission a programme to build capacity to bring about changes to sustainable behaviours and lifestyles in key audiences in Wales.  


To scope this work, a session was held last month involving a wide range of organisations including the Environment Agency, Cynnal Cymru, C3W and the Energy Saving Trust.  The workshop gave valuable insights into what skills practitioners will need; which audiences should be targeted; which types of interventions should be used; and which projects should be prioritised to achieve the greatest impact.


I confirmed that the Support for Sustainable Living Grant Scheme has made sixteen grants so far in 2011, totaling just under £163,000\.  Recent grants from Environment Wales, include projects focusing on the carbon footprints of community buildings, digital technologies and energy efficiency within traditional Welsh homes.


In order to be able to target our communications more effectively, we commissioned research on current values, attitudes and behaviours around climate change within Wales.  This project was delivered by IPSOS MORI, AD Research and Cardiff University.


In total, 1,538 survey respondents were interviewed face\-to\-face.  An overview of the research is available on the Welsh Government Climate Change webpage.


I made the Commission aware that we have commissioned work to develop a compelling narrative about sustainable development and climate change, and the actions individuals, organisations and communities can take to play their part.  This will involve a dialogue around the emotions and values which people already associate with sustainable development and climate change, and will refine the language and imagery to help people to see the concepts in a positive, constructive and hopeful frame, and to motivate them to take action.


The Commission responded positively to our work with other UK administrations to complete the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) for publication in January 2012\.  The CCRA, the first assessment of its kind, will provide an important evidence base to help us identify priorities for adaptation action.


Finally, I confirmed that the first meeting of the Welsh Government’s Climate Change Strategy Delivery Board was held on 7 December.  The Board will be our principle governance forum for overseeing delivery of the Strategy.


The Commission meeting also included a discussion on development of the Commission’s first annual report to the Welsh Government with CAG Consultants.  A discussion on the group’s forward work programme for the coming year and, a workshop was held over lunch on the ‘Overarching Narratives’ project on climate change and Sustainable Development. A presentation was given by Calvin Jones on ‘Stop Climate Chaos Cymru’s’ report on Cutting Carbon Creating Jobs. 


The next meeting of the Climate Change Commission will be held in March 2012\. 


 







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     Mae’n bleser gen i roi adroddiad ar gyfarfod diweddar Comisiwn Cymru ar y Newid yn yr Hinsawdd, a gynhaliwyd ar 8 Rhagfyr yng Nghaerdydd dan gadeiryddiaeth Peter Davies, Comisiynydd Cymru ar y Newid yn yr Hinsawdd.

Es i gyfarfod y Comisiwn a chael cyfle i roi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r aelodau ar ail gymal rhaglen Arbed a fydd yn pwmpio £45 miliwn i mewn i fesurau arbed ynni dros y tair blynedd nesaf. Rydym yn gobeithio ein bod, erbyn hyn, wedi dewis y prosiectau ar gyfer y cylch cyntaf, ac yna eu rhoi ar waith yn y gwanwyn.

Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru hefyd yn dyrannu £3m ychwanegol ar gyfer Arbed eleni o’r cyllid canlyniadol o £38\.9m yn sgil rhewi’r dreth gyngor yn Lloegr.

Siaradais â’r Comisiwn am yr ymgynghoriad diweddar ar y Fargen Werdd sy’n amlinellu’r trefniadau arfaethedig ar gyfer rhoi rhwymedigaeth ar gwmnïau ynni yn y dyfodol (ECO). Cynigir dau darged, Targed Arbed Carbon a Tharged Cynhesrwydd Fforddiadwy.

Dywedais wrth y Comisiwn hefyd y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ystyried sut y gall deilwra ei rhaglenni ei hun \- Nyth ac Arbed – i weithio ochr yn ochr â’r Fargen Werdd. Mae’n bwysig ystyried sut gall y Fargen Werdd ddod â’r manteision mwyaf inni yng Nghymru, gan hybu mwy o fesurau gwella. Mae’n gyfle i gael cymorth gyda chostau gwella ansawdd y stoc tai yng Nghymru, gan leihau’r ynni rydym yn ei ddefnyddio yn y broses.

Soniais fy mod, fis diwethaf, wedi lansio’r Strategaeth Genedlaethol gyntaf ar gyfer Rheoli Perygl Llifogydd ac Erydu Arfordirol, sy’n amlinellu ein dull o reoli perygl llifogydd ac erydu arfordirol. Rydym hefyd wedi cyhoeddi ein pecyn codi ymwybyddiaeth i roi cyfarwyddyd i unrhyw un sydd am gyfathrebu â chymunedau ynghylch rheoli llifogydd. Caiff cyfarwyddyd ei gyhoeddi’n fuan i helpu awdurdodau lleol gyda’u Strategaethau Lleol.

Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn defnyddio fframwaith Cefnogi Byw yn Gynaliadwy i gomisiynu rhaglen i feithrin y gallu i annog pobl Cymru i fyw mewn ffordd fwy cynaliadwy.

I ymchwilio i hyd a lled y gwaith hwn, cynhaliwyd sesiwn fis diwethaf gydag amrywiaeth eang o sefydliadau gan gynnwys Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd, Cynnal Cymru, Consortiwm Newid Hinsawdd Cymru a’r Ymddiriedolaeth Arbed Ynni. Cawsom gipolwg gwerthfawr ar y sgiliau y bydd eu hangen ar ymarferwyr; y cynulleidfaoedd y dylid eu targedu; y mathau o ddulliau y dylid eu defnyddio; a’r prosiectau y dylid eu blaenoriaethu er mwyn cael yr effaith fwyaf.

Cadarnheais fod Cynllun Grant Cefnogi Byw yn Gynaliadwy wedi creu un grant ar bymtheg yn 2011, sy’n dod i gyfanswm o bron i £163,000\. Mae rhai o grantiau diweddar Amgylchedd Cymru wedi talu am brosiectau sy’n canolbwyntio ar ôl\-troed carbon adeiladau cymunedol, technolegau digidol ac arbed ynni yng nghartrefi traddodiadol Cymru.

Er mwyn gallu cyfathrebu’n fwy penodol\-effeithiol, comisiynwyd ymchwil ar werthoedd, agweddau ac arferion cyfredol mewn perthynas â’r newid yn yr hinsawdd yng Nghymru. Gweithredwyd y prosiect hwn gan IPSOS MORI, AD Research a Phrifysgol Caerdydd.

Cyfwelwyd 1,538 o bobl i gyd wyneb yn wyneb. Mae braslun o’r ymchwil ar we\-dudalen Newid Hinsawdd Llywodraeth Cymru.

Tynnais sylw’r Comisiwn at y ffaith ein bod wedi comisiynu gwaith i lunio naratif grymus am ddatblygu cynaliadwy a’r newid yn yr hinsawdd, ac am y camau y gall unigolion, sefydliadau a chymunedau eu cymryd i chwarae eu rhan. Bydd hyn yn golygu trafod yr emosiynau a’r gwerthoedd y mae pobl eisoes yn eu cysylltu â’r materion hyn. Bydd hefyd yn defnyddio iaith a delweddau a fydd yn helpu pobl i weld y cysyniadau hyn mewn ffordd bositif, adeiladol a gobeithiol, gan eu hysgogi i weithredu.

Ymatebodd y Comisiwn yn bositif i’n gwaith gyda gweinyddiaethau eraill y DU i gwblhau Asesiad y DU o Risgiau Newid Hinsawdd a gaiff ei gyhoeddi y mis hwn. Bydd yr Asesiad, y cyntaf o’i fath, yn sail dystiolaeth bwysig i’n helpu i nodi blaenoriaethau.

Yn olaf, cadarnheais fod cyfarfod cyntaf Bwrdd Gweithredu Strategaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ar y Newid yn yr Hinsawdd wedi’i gynnal ar 7 Rhagfyr. Y Bwrdd hwn fydd ein prif fforwm o ran goruchwylio sut caiff y Strategaeth ei rhoi ar waith.

Trafodwyd hefyd y gwaith o lunio adroddiad blynyddol cyntaf y Comisiwn i Lywodraeth Cymru gyda CAG Consultants. Ystyriwyd blaenraglen waith y grŵp ar gyfer y flwyddyn i ddod, a chynhaliwyd gweithdy dros ginio ar y prosiect ‘Naratifau Cyffredinol’ ar y newid yn yr hinsawdd a Datblygu Cynaliadwy. Rhoddodd Calvin Jones gyflwyniad ar adroddiad ‘Atal Anhrefn Hinsawdd Cymru’ ar Dorri Allyriadau Carbon a Chreu Swyddi.

Cynhelir cyfarfod nesaf y Comisiwn ar y Newid yn yr Hinsawdd ym mis Mawrth 2012\.