Greater urgency is required from local authorities in Wales in order to address the climate emergency, according to a report led by Cardiff University.
Out of 22 councils in Wales, 16 have made climate emergency declarations, while the remaining six support Welsh Government's ambition for a carbon neutral public sector by 2030, the data reveals.
Final year LLM student Rebecca Hearne carried out the research into councils in Wales under the supervision of Professor Ben Pontin from Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics. The Welsh study has fed into the Environmental Law Foundation's (ELF) UK-wide report.
The project reviewed action being taken by local authorities following their declarations of a climate emergency - announcements by governments and organisations that urgent action is required to address climate change and its potentially irreversible effects.
They found 20 local authorities have action plans outlining how they will tackle climate-related challenges.
