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Wales’ Ecological Footprint - Scenarios to 2020
The report finds that Wales' 2003 ecological footprint was 5.16 gha per person, the lowest in the UK, but grew by 1.5% annually between 1990 and 2003. Housing, food, and transport account for 63% of this footprint. While planned policies may stabilize the footprint by 2020, substantial reductions require expanded measures: retrofitting 5% of housing annually, implementing Sustainable Travel Towns in all urban areas over 10,000 people, and reducing food waste by one sixth. Such a package could reduce the total ecological footprint by 6.6% by 2020, avoiding a projected 22% increase based on historical trends.
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Document type: Research paper