Cardiff Council's cabinet member for climate change says he is confident of the authority and city reaching its net zero target by 2030 despite the major challenges it faces.
The size of the task is not lost on Councillor Caro Wild. He said a "huge" piece of work is needed in terms of behaviour change to get residents on board with the mission to reach net zero and added that the council's current £23.5 million budget gap will also be a major challenge to contend with. In an interview with the Local Democracy Reporting Service this week, as heavy rains again brought home the ever present risk of flooding to the people of Cardiff, Cllr Wild said work is going on "now" to make sure people and their homes are kept safe. Here's what the councillor, who has been in his new cabinet post for over six months, had to say.
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