Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment: Reimagining Public Value Speaker Series with Jane Davidson and Jonathan Boston

Reimagining the Public Value is a speaker series collaboration between MBIE and Victoria University of Wellington. In this session covering Anticipatory Governance, we’re joined by former Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing for the Welsh Government, Jane Davidson, and Jonathan Boston from Victoria University of Wellington.

South West Wales Green Economy Conference: 53. Accelerating Wales’ Journey to Net Zero with Prof. Jane Davidson

“In this interview, Dawn Lyle discusses with Jane Davidson, Chair of the Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group for Wales, the ambitious project to accelerate Wales’ Net Zero target from 2050 to 2035. Jane explains that the project, titled ‘Wales Net Zero Challenge, 2035’, was initiated from an agreement between the Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru in 2021. The group aims to provide independent advice on potential pathways to achieving net zero emissions by 2035 (bringing the date forward from 2050), considering the societal and economic impacts and how adverse effects can be mitigated.

The project also looks at how costs and benefits can be shared fairly across Wales. The group is seeking evidence and insights on several key areas: how Wales can feed itself by 2035; meeting energy needs while phasing out fossil fuels; heating and building homes and workplaces by 2035; connecting people and places across Wales by 2035; and what education, jobs and work could look like across Wales by 2035. They are also focusing on the future of education and work in relation to a move away from a fossil fuel economy. Jane emphasises that the work of the group is underpinned by the latest academic evidence provided by the Wales Centre for Public Policy. She invites all interested parties to contribute their views and evidence towards the project by Christmas, with the aim of having a draft proposal ready for public consultation in the Spring of next year.

The interview concludes on a hopeful note, with Jane highlighting the potential for Wales to lead the way not only in the UK but globally in terms of finding pragmatic and equitable solutions to achieve net zero. This conversation was recorded in September 2023, in the run up to the South West Wales Green Economy Conference (Nov 2023).”

Galileo: Leben im selbstgebastelten Paradies: Das Haus ohne Strom-, Wasser- & Gaskosten (Living in the self-made paradise: The house without electricity, water & gas costs)

Keine Kosten für Strom, heißes Wasser und Gas? Eine Familie aus Wales zeigt, wie es geht. In ihrem nachhaltigen Traumhaus, das sie mit Materialien aus 2. Hand selbstgebaut haben, leben sie klimaneutral und autark.

No costs for electricity, hot water and gas? A family from Wales shows how it's done. In their sustainable dream home, which they built themselves with 2nd-hand materials, they live climate-neutrally and self-sufficiently.


Oxford Real Farming Conference: Intergenerational Land Ownership Beyond the FamilyTree

What happens if landowners entrust their land to more distributed and diverse forms of ownership and governance than a single bloodline? Might a culture of diversity lead to even greater resilience? Two progressive estate owners, a lawyer, an agro-economist and a researcher explore emerging models of land governance designed to enable more people to tend the soil for future generations, whilst growing the fabric of communities. What are the opportunities and risks in sharing the prosperity of, and responsibility for, the land? We will enquire into the benefits and drawbacks of both the old order and the emerging order now taking root in some places.

Speakers: Miriam Rose (Hardwick Estate), Olivia Oldham (University of Edinburgh), Ninian Stuart (Falkland Estate), Patrick Andrews (Barefoot lawyer), Tom Carman (Shared Assets)
Chair: Jane Davidson (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, land restorer and author)