Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change (Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Newid Hinsawdd) was a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The most recent officeholder was Huw Irranca-Davies from March 2024 to May 2026.

The post's responsibilities were:^[4]

• Climate change, natural resources and energy responsibilities
  • Marine and freshwater planning, biodiversity, conservation and licensing
  • Ensuring land policy is used optimally and most versatile, advise on the restoration of mineral sites, Agricultural Land Classification and implementing EIA (Agriculture) Regulations
  • Energy policy, which includes small and medium-scale energy production, domestic energy and energy efficiency
  • Renewable energy in Wales
  • Climate change, addressed with carbon budgets and emission reduction targets
  • Natural resources management, including oversight and implementation of the Environment (Wales) Act, as well as overseeing Natural Resources Wales
  • Cross-cutting mitigation and adaption measures relating to climate change, including the involvement of water, flooding (and coastal) risk, land drainage, and controlling marine and air pollution.
  • Coal tip safety in Wales
  • Water
  • Forestry policy and legislation, including restocking and the monitoring of the health of trees, and "forest reproductive material"
  • National Forest for Wales
  • Biodiversity policy, including the Nature Recovery Plan's implementation
  • Sustainable use of resources, and waste management
  • Managing the quality of the local environment, including litter, fly-tipping, the Deposit Return Scheme, noise policy and regulation
  • National Parks
  • Leading allotment and urban green infrastructure strategy
  • Community Green Spaces
  • Countryside, coast, right of way, and waterways/water bodies access
  • Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty^[5]

• Government of Wales

• Ministry