OPHIE'S CHOICE TOWARDS A GREENER,CLEANER,FAIRER WALES

摘要

When Wales'first minister Mark Drakeford threw out plans to build a motorway bypass through Gwent's wetlands this summer,more than one commentator attributed the decision to pressure from the woman in charge of giving the country a better future.Sophie Howe is Wales'Future Generations Commissioner-a role established by a unique piece of legislation,Wales'2015 Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.As commissioner,Howe has statutory powers to scour every piece of new legislation,every proposal from a public body,to ensure it has only positive impacts on the health and happiness of generations not yet born.