Environment and climate change planning and strategy

Guidance and services

• Consultation bodies in Wales: services and standards for Strategic Environmental Assessment responsible authorities
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Strategic Environmental Assessment: how the regulations apply in Wales
• Sustainable management of natural resources: guide
• Sustainable management of natural resources: purpose of Natural Resources Wales
• River basin planning guidance
• Subscribe to Climate Action News
• Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty (section 6): guidance for public authorities
• Environment (Wales) Act 2016: factsheets
• Payment for ecosystem services (PES)
• Local Places for Nature Programme
• Local Places for Nature (LPfN) and community case studies
• The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023
• Biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty (section 7): guidance for public authorities
• Single-use vapes ban
• Health and social care climate emergency: guidance
• Environment (Principles Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill
• Nutrient budget calculator
• The Environmental Protection (Single-use plastic products) (Wet Wipes) (Wales) Regulations 2025: impact assessments

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Investing in the future
  Report
• Natural resource management: introduction
  Policy and strategy
• Natural resource management: frequently asked questions
  Policy and strategy
• Natural resources policy
  Policy and strategy
• Natural resources policy: statement
  Policy and strategy
• The business of becoming a sustainable nation
  Report
• The Environmental Protection (Crematoria Mercury Emissions) (Wales) Direction 2010 (2010 No.17)
  Legislation
• Welsh Government’s Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Part 1 – Section 6 duty report
  Policy and strategy
• The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive)(Wales) Direction 2014 (2014 No.26)
  Legislation
• The Measuring Devices (Noise Act 1996) (Wales) Approval 2007 (2007 No. 23)
  Legislation
• Sustainable buildings: progress report
  Report
• The Transboundary Radioactive Contamination (Wales) Direction 2021
  Policy and strategy
• The Surface Waters (Fishlife) Directions 2010 (2010 No.8) Share Last updated 19 February 2010
  Legislation
• Radioactive Contaminated Land Statutory Guidance for Wales 2012 (2013 No.6)
  Legislation
• Part 2a Statutory Guidance On Contaminated Land (2006) (2007 No. 2) (English only)
  Legislation
• Direction to refer an environmental permit application to the Welsh Ministers for determination
  Legislation
• The Surface Waters (Shellfish) Directions 2010 (2010 No.7)
  Legislation
• Chemical Analysis of Water Status (Technical Specifications) Directions 2011 (2011 No.30)
  Legislation
• The Caldicot And Wentlooge Internal Drainage Board (Chairperson’s Allowance) Order 2006 (2006 No. 87)
  Legislation
• The Standardised Reporting of Radioactive Discharges Direction 2018
  Legislation
• The River Basin Districts Surface Water and Groundwater Classification (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Direction 2009 (2009 No.53)
  Legislation
• NHS Wales carbon footprint 2018 to 2019
  Report
• Scheme Made by the Welsh Ministers for the Adoption by Sewerage Undertakers of Sewers and Lateral Drains (2011 No. 57)
  Legislation
• Natural resource management: case studies
  Case study
• Environment Act 1995 (Feasibility Study for Nitrogen Dioxide Compliance) Air Quality Direction 2018
  Legislation
• The River Basin Districts Typology, Standards and Groundwater Threshold Values (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Directions 2009 (2009 No.52)
  Legislation
• Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Water, Soil and Air for Wales (2011 No.20)
  Legislation
• Enabling Natural Resources and Well-being grants
  Report
• The Groundwater (Water Framework Directive) (Wales) Directions 2016
  Legislation
• The Pollution Prevention and Control (Combustion Plants) (Wales) Directions 2007 (2007 No.54)
  Legislation
• Response to the report from the Environmental Governance Stakeholder Task Group
  Report
• The River Basin Districts Typology, Standards and Groundwater threshold values (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Directions 2010 (2010 No.38)
  Legislation
• The Shellfish Water Protected Areas (England and Wales) Directions 2016 (2016 No.5)
  Legislation
• Section 6 biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty: summary report 2022
  Report
• The Permitted Level of Noise (Wales) Directions 2007 (2007 No. 24)
  Legislation
• The protection of hedgerows in Wales report: response
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• Evaluation of implementation of the section 6 biodiversity duty: 2021
  Report
• The protection of hedgerows in Wales: report
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• Section 6 biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty: report 2023 to 2025
  Report
• Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales: lessons learned report
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• Aarhus Convention: report
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales: annual report 2024 to 2025
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• 'Protected Sites in Wales' report: ministers' response
  Report
  Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
• A 30by30 framework for Wales
  Policy and strategy
• Health and social care climate emergency: policy and reports
  Collection
• The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (Wales) Regulations 2024
  Collection
• Natural Resources Wales remit letters
  Collection
  Natural Resources Wales

Organisations

• Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group
  Advisory body
  Closed 16 September 2024
• Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales
  Advisory body
• Hinkley Point C stakeholder reference group
  Advisory body
• Payments for Ecosystem Services Practitioners Group
  Other
  Closed
• Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  Other
• Natural Resources Wales
  Executive body