Our decarbonisation and sustainability plan 2024 to 2026

• All Wales/National

Climate change is recognised as possibly the most significant global threat that we face. Its consequences will impact all areas of life that are essential to achieve and maintain good health.

This has highlighted, once again, the profound interdependence between population, societal, economic and environmental wellbeing.

Executive summary

In the last two years, Public Health Wales has also recognised its role to tackle the effects of climate change and this is reflected in the organisation’s revised long-term strategy.

Our Decarbonisation and Sustainability Plan for 2024-2026 succeeds the organisation’s first plan for 2022-2024. It outlines the work Public Health Wales will be undertaking over the next two years to meet the NHS Wales target of net zero by 2030 and our carbon negative objective by 2035, as set out in our Long-Term Strategy.

Building on learning from the development of the first plan, this version of the Decarbonisation and Sustainability Plan 2024-26 has been developed internally, led by a Decarbonisation Action Working Group.

Due to the overlap between decarbonisation, foundational and circular economy, biodiversity and our role in implementing the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, this new plan also includes actions that take the principles of these sustainability agendas forward.