English: I'm very pleased to be taking part in this important debate on the report of our climate change committee. Thank you to the Chair, Mike Hedges, for his introduction of the annual report of the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee on Welsh Government's progress with regard to mitigating the effects of climate change. There are several recommendations, and, of course, whilst the Government has accepted the majority of them, they also don't accept a number of others. We'll go through those now, briefly. Clearly, the Welsh Government won't succeed in reaching its target of reducing emissions by 40 per cent by 2020. That's obvious. The latest emissions statistics in 2015 show that Wales's emissions are only 19 per cent below the 1990 levels, whereas emissions in the rest of the UK fell 27 per cent below 1990 levels. Clearly, establishing less challenging targets now could be seen as rewarding failure in this context. As others have said, progress on tackling climate change and the public health crisis resulting from poor air quality won't happen until all members of the Cabinet take responsibility for cuts in emissions in their portfolios. Now, turning to some of the recommendations briefly: 'Recommendation 5. The Welsh Government should: provide the Committee with details of what it believes should be the requirements of a replacement for the EU ETS'. One of the reasons that the Cabinet Secretary has stated for the failure of the Welsh Government to reach its target of a 40 per cent reduction in emissions by 2020 is because of the role of the EU ETS. As she says,
Welsh: Rwy'n hapus iawn i gymryd rhan yn y drafodaeth bwysig yma ar adroddiad ein pwyllgor newid hinsawdd ni. Diolch i'r Cadeirydd, Mike Hedges, am ei gyflwyniad agoriadol ar adroddiad blynyddol y Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig ar gynnydd Llywodraeth Cymru o ran lliniaru effeithiau newid hinsawdd. Mae yna sawl argymhelliad, ac, wrth gwrs, tra bo'r Llywodraeth wedi derbyn y rhan fwyaf ohonyn nhw, nid ydyn nhw'n derbyn nifer o rai eraill hefyd. Awn ni drwy'r rheini rŵan yn fuan. Yn amlwg, ni fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn llwyddo i gyrraedd eu targed o leihau allyriadau o 40 y cant erbyn 2020. Mae hynny'n amlwg. Mae'r ystyadegau allyriadau diweddaraf yn 2015 yn dangos bod allyriadau Cymru dim ond 19 y cant o dan lefelau 1990, tra cwympodd allyriadau gweddill Prydain 27 y cant yn is na lefelau 1990. Yn amlwg, gall sefydlu targedau llai heriol rŵan gael ei weld fel gwobrwyo methiant yn y cyd-destun yma. Fel mae eraill wedi'i ddweud, ni fydd cynnydd ar daclo newid hinsawdd a'r argyfwng iechyd cyhoeddus sy'n deillio o lygredd awyr nes bydd pob aelod o'r Cabinet yn cymryd eu cyfrifoldeb o ddifrif i dorri allyriadau yn eu meysydd portffolio unigol nhw. Nawr, i droi at rai o'r argymhellion yn fyr - 'Argymhelliad 5. Dylai Llywodraeth Cymru roi manylion i'r Pwyllgor am yr hyn y cred y dylai fod yn ofynion Cynllun Masnachu Allyriadau newydd yr UE' - un o'r rhesymau mae'r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet yn eu ddweud am fethiant Llywodraeth Cymru i gyrraedd eu targed o ostyngiad o 40 y cant mewn allyriadau erbyn 2020 ydy oherwydd rôl cynllun masnachu allyriadau'r Undeb Ewropeaidd, ETS. Fel mae hi'n ei ddweud,