English: Dirprwy Lywydd, the programme is truly cross-cutting and has provided a platform to embed the Welsh language as well as other policies, such as active travel, biodiversity, ICT, community and curriculum, delivering and maximising the value from investments across our education estate and, in doing so, has provided a sustainability model for others to follow. As one of the first nations to declare a climate emergency and intention to be a low-carbon nation, I have mandated that all new projects supported through the programme would be required to deliver net-zero carbon in operation, plus a 20 per cent reduction of embodied carbon. Twelve months on from this mandate, I am pleased to confirm that 16 projects have been approved and are progressing as net-zero carbon projects. I'd like to commend our delivery partners on taking up the challenge and developing net-zero projects in such a positive way, with all regions across Wales taking up the mantle, from Ysgol y Graig on Ynys Môn in the north, Ysgol Cedewain in Powys, to Ysgol y Deri in the Vale of Glamorgan in the south. As well as supporting all regions of Wales, the programme is having a positive impact across all sectors of education. With South Point Primary School being our first net-zero carbon school in Wales, we are now seeing projects for secondary schools, all-through schools, and special schools as well as colleges. Special schools present an additional challenge in achieving net-zero carbon due to specialist equipment, thereby increasing the demand for electricity. However, I can confirm there are currently three special school projects approved to progress towards meeting our net-zero carbon ambition, and lessons learned from these projects will feed into other pipeline projects on our journey to net zero. Another challenging area, Dirprwy Lywydd, is that of achieving net-zero carbon on refurbishment projects, and I can confirm that our first net-zero refurbishment project will be Pen y Dre High School in Merthyr Tydfil. Pen y Dre will undergo a deep refurbishment of the existing school, stripping the fabric back to the structural frame. The embedded carbon saved by retaining the foundations, the floor slabs and the structural framework can save as much as 48 per cent of carbon alone. We expect a lot to be learnt from this project that will contribute to the programme's buildings reuse target of 60 per cent. We need to ensure that sustainability and decarbonisation commitments become embedded in our everyday life. This is especially true for the younger members of our nation. We need to provide effective ways for them to understand the environment that surrounds them, including the buildings that they learn in. I have previously spoken in the Siambr, Dirprwy Lywydd, about my expectation for local authorities and further education institutions and their design teams to work closely with our children, young people and staff so that they have the opportunity to help design their own learning environment. In response, last September I formally announced the launch of the sustainable schools challenge. Building on the programme's net-zero carbon mandate, applications were invited from local authorities that are able to demonstrate innovative and collaborative design, development, delivery and management of two new schools that could make a positive contribution to the environment, community and surrounding landscape. I am pleased to say today that this challenge has been extremely well received by local authorities, with 17 project bids having been received. Officials are now being supported by external sector representatives in assessing the submissions, and I look forward to announcing the successful projects during the coming weeks.
Welsh: Dirprwy Lywydd, mae'r rhaglen yn wirioneddol drawsbynciol ac wedi rhoi llwyfan i ymgorffori'r Gymraeg yn ogystal â pholisïau eraill, er enghraifft teithio llesol, bioamrywiaeth, TGCh, cymuned a chwricwlwm, cyflawni a manteisio i'r eithaf ar werth o fuddsoddiadau ar draws ein hystad addysg ac, wrth wneud hynny, mae wedi darparu model cynaliadwyedd i eraill ei ddilyn. Fel un o'r cenhedloedd cyntaf i ddatgan argyfwng hinsawdd a'r bwriad i fod yn genedl carbon isel, rwyf wedi mandadu y byddai'n ofynnol i bob prosiect newydd a gefnogir drwy'r rhaglen gyflawni carbon sero net wrth weithredu, ynghyd â gostyngiad o 20 y cant mewn carbon wedi'i ymgorffori. Ddeuddeg mis ers y mandad hwn, rwy'n falch o gadarnhau bod 16 prosiect wedi'u cymeradwyo ac yn symud ymlaen fel prosiectau carbon sero net. Hoffwn ganmol ein partneriaid cyflenwi ar ymgymryd â'r her a datblygu prosiectau sero net mewn ffordd mor gadarnhaol, a phob rhanbarth ledled Cymru yn mabwysiadu'r meddylfryd, o Ysgol y Graig ar Ynys Môn yn y gogledd, Ysgol Cedewain ym Mhowys, i Ysgol y Deri ym Mro Morgannwg yn y De. Yn ogystal â chefnogi pob rhanbarth yng Nghymru, mae'r rhaglen yn cael effaith gadarnhaol ar draws pob sector o'r byd addysg. A'r ffaith mai Ysgol Gynradd South Point yw'r ysgol garbon sero net gyntaf yng Nghymru, rydym bellach yn gweld prosiectau ar gyfer ysgolion uwchradd, ysgolion pob oed, ac ysgolion arbennig yn ogystal â cholegau. Mae ysgolion arbennig yn cyflwyno her ychwanegol o ran cyflawni carbon sero net oherwydd offer arbenigol, a thrwy hynny, gynyddu'r galw am drydan. Fodd bynnag, gallaf gadarnhau bod tri phrosiect ysgol arbennig wedi'u cymeradwyo ar hyn o bryd i symud ymlaen tuag at gyflawni ein huchelgais carbon sero net, a bydd gwersi a ddysgwyd o'r prosiectau hyn yn bwydo i mewn i brosiectau llwybrau eraill ar ein taith i sero net. Maes heriol arall, Dirprwy Lywydd, yw cyrraedd carbon sero net ar brosiectau adnewyddu, a gallaf gadarnhau mai ein prosiect adnewyddu sero net cyntaf fydd Ysgol Uwchradd Pen y Dre ym Merthyr Tudful. Bydd Pen y Dre yn ymgymryd â gwaith adnewyddu dwfn yn yr ysgol bresennol, gan dynnu'r ffabrig yn ôl i'r ffrâm strwythurol. Gall y carbon ymgorfforedig a arbedir drwy gadw'r sylfeini, y slabiau llawr a'r fframwaith strwythurol arbed cymaint â 48 y cant o garbon yn unig. Rydym yn disgwyl llawer i'w ddysgu o'r prosiect hwn a fydd yn cyfrannu at darged ailddefnyddio adeiladau'r rhaglen o 60 y cant. Mae angen i ni sicrhau bod ymrwymiadau cynaliadwyedd a datgarboneiddio yn dod yn rhan annatod o'n bywyd bob dydd. Mae hyn yn arbennig o wir am aelodau iau ein cenedl. Mae angen i ni ddarparu ffyrdd effeithiol er mwyn iddynt ddeall yr amgylchedd sydd o'u cwmpas, gan gynnwys yr adeiladau y maen nhw'n dysgu ynddynt. Rwyf wedi siarad yn y Siambr, Dirprwy Lywydd, yn y gorffennol, am fy nisgwyliad i awdurdodau lleol a sefydliadau addysg bellach a'u timau dylunio i weithio'n agos gyda'n plant, pobl ifanc a staff fel eu bod yn cael y cyfle i helpu i ddylunio eu hamgylchedd dysgu eu hunain. Mewn ymateb, fis Medi diwethaf, cyhoeddais yn ffurfiol lansiad her ysgolion cynaliadwy. Gan adeiladu ar fandad carbon sero net y rhaglen, gwahoddwyd ceisiadau gan awdurdodau lleol sy'n gallu dangos gwaith dylunio, datblygu, darparu a rheoli dwy ysgol newydd a allai wneud cyfraniad cadarnhaol i'r amgylchedd, y gymuned a'r dirwedd gyfagos. Mae'n bleser gennyf ddweud heddiw fod yr her hon wedi cael croeso brwd gan awdurdodau lleol, gydag 17 o geisiadau prosiect wedi'u derbyn. Mae swyddogion bellach yn cael eu cefnogi gan gynrychiolwyr y sector allanol wrth asesu'r cyflwyniadau, ac edrychaf ymlaen at gyhoeddi'r prosiectau llwyddiannus yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf.