The environment is in such a crisis. And then here are my little children and they're going
to grow up in this. It becomes overwhelming, enough of the bad news.
At IPPR we thought it was time to tell a different story.
One of fairness and opportunity.
Climate change is a major, major threat.
For those countries that take leadership, the amount of opportunity is significant.
This is a chance to put power back into local communities and give people a real say
over the future. We've started that in our own way with IPPR with our citizens juries.
We spoke to communities across the country
to develop a blueprint for a fair transition that creates opportunity for everybody.
Involving the general population in decision making is so important.
You can speak to any person along this beach and they'll know someone
or have a family member that works in oil.
It's got to be fairer to the workers.
They need to be taken on board and have a say.
You cannot leave anybody behind
in this fight for for climate change.
We're going to have to change the way in which we heat our homes. Gas boilers,
they're going to have to come out, they're going to be replaced with something else.
Everybody wants to save money as much as they can.
So if I can save money, and I can also
help the environment, I think it's a win-win.
We build greater equality and greater fairness
through our economy by transitioning to a climate-safe economy.
Bringing some employment to this area that are sustainable,
we could manufacture wind turbines for the rest of the country or other countries as well.
Wales particularly is blessed with this fantastic wet climate
and it grows wonderful, wonderful pasture land, locking carbon into the soil.
There'd be more farmers pushing it to a more environmental way, the more subsidies they get,
the more it saves them out of their own pocket.
I'd just like to see a fairer access
for people to get around, to access their local nature.
In the countryside the lack of public transport means
that you are dependent, absolutely dependent on a car.
Ultimately local public transport needs to be free to encourage people to make the shift.
Enhance people's lives rather than just look at top-line growth.
This is the opportunity to get both fairness
and a greener society at the same time.
A zero-carbon future is absolutely achievable,
but we've got to get on with it because we haven't got a lot of time.