Cardiff Liberal Democrats have published a full response to Cardiff Council's 'One Planet Cardiff' consultation.

As a key priority for the Liberal Democrats we welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation, and look forward to working with the administration to make good on our declaration of a climate emergency.

Whilst public services respond to the immediate COVID-19 crisis, we must recognise that climate breakdown is the single biggest threat to humankind.

The Liberal Democrat response includes calls for:

• Transformation in citizen engagement, including revisiting the Lib Dems' calls for a Citizens' Assembly which were rejected by the Labour Council;
• Undertaking Carbon Impact Assessments for all new developments to inform if developments should go ahead;
• Move to a regenerative by design principle, not just sustainable development, with our built environment giving back some of what it takes away from the environment around it;
• Becoming a Carbon Literate Organisation;
• Establishing a National Park City, drawing on experiences from elsewhere across the UK such as Birmingham;
• A commitment to zero deforestation, including becoming a Sustainable Palm Oil City;
• Doing away with the use of pesticides in the management of the city's parks; 
• Establishing a deposit return scheme.

Read the response here in full.