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Multisector collaboration for community action

Better understanding multisectoral collaboration in supporting community action that enhances wellbeing.

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Community Wellbeing

Net zero 2035

We supported the work of the Wales 2035 Challenge Group by providing evidence across its five challenge areas.

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Environment and Net Zero

Poverty stigma

We are supporting public services and policy makers in Wales to understand poverty stigma and how it affects their communities.

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Tackling Inequalities

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Community Wellbeing

How healthy is democracy in Wales and how can we best measure it?

With ‘democratic backsliding’ a concern in national and international politics, along with an eroding trust in government, this blog by Greg Notman and Professor James Downe builds on a recent WCPP report which highlights the need to think about more than just elections when assessing the democratic health of our democracy, and looks at successes […]

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Tackling Inequalities

Guidance for schools to support trans young people

The Welsh Government published an LGBTQ+ Action Plan in February 2023, providing a framework for policy development across the Welsh Government and partners to support LGBTQ+ individuals within Wales. As part of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan, the Welsh Government committed to provide appropriate national guidance for schools and local authorities to support trans children and […]

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Research and Impact

How to improve regional productivity levers in England and Wales

How to improve regional productivity levers in England and Wales As winners of the 2024 Award for the Best Paper published in Regional Studies Policy Debates, Helen Tilley, Jack Newman, Charlotte Hoole, Andrew Connell, and Ananya Mukherjee discuss the winning paper. They argue that UK regions lack the policy levers they need to improve productivity […]

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Environment and Net Zero

Barriers and opportunities to Wales reaching net zero

WCPP’s final evidence papers for the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group show that Wales is behind its current 2050 net zero ambitions in transport and residential buildings (along with the food and energy sectors as previously reported) and that bringing the target forward to 2035 would require policy innovation on an ‘unprecedented’ scale, along […]

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Reports

Environment and Net Zero

How could Wales heat and build low-carbon homes by 2035?

Achieving net zero in Wales requires drastic reductions in emissions from new and existing buildings. Decarbonisation of domestic heating has a critical role to play in cutting emissions from buildings, as reflected in the Welsh Government’s draft Heat Strategy for Wales, with a pathway to deliver clean and affordable heat by 2050. The Welsh Government, […]

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Environment and Net Zero

Decarbonising Wales’ transport system while connecting people and places

Transport is the third highest greenhouse gas emitting sector in Wales. Decarbonising the transport sector while ensuring that the people and places of Wales are connected is essential for Wales’ net zero future. The Welsh Government, as part of its Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru, has formed the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group, chaired […]

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Tackling Inequalities

Research and Impact

Lived experience evidence in disability policy making

Welsh Government is committed to including lived experience evidence in policymaking wherever possible. This commitment was reinforced in disability policymaking following the publication of the in 2021. This report – published in both a plain language and easy read format - considers the role of lived experience evidence and co-production in disability policymaking in Wales […]

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