Ahead of the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference starting in Glasgow on Sunday, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and leader of London Councils, Cllr Georgia Gould, will today welcome London’s leaders, businesses and communities to the London Climate Summit.
As world leaders prepare to visit Glasgow for the COP26 Climate Summit and ahead of a crucial Spending Review tomorrow, 36 of the UK’s major cities have come together to call on Government to work with them to deliver a just transition to net zero.
UK Core Cities and London represent half a trillion pound investment opportunity, says new report. Investing in net zero projects such as solar panels, building retrofit and electric vehicle charging points across the eleven Core Cities and London will create a £500 billion investment opportunity, according to new research.
Two-thirds of Londoners (66%) have had an increased level of concern about climate change in the last 12 months, new polling commissioned by London Councils reveals.
New data from London Councils shows how boroughs responded to a spike in the number of residents facing financial crisis.
London Councils responds to the warnings laid out in the latest report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Mayor Philip Glanville, Chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, responds to this week's Transport Decarbonisation Plan from government.
Mayor Philip Glanville, Chair of London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee, responds to NAO's report on local government and Net Zero in England
Cities, investment and innovation experts have today (Thursday July 1st) launched a Commission which begins the process of identifying a transformational programme of Green Growth for the UK’s cities. Initial analysis by the Commission of UK city climate plans suggests that meeting net zero in London and the UK’s Core Cities could bring up to £330bn of investment into the UK.
Consumption-based emissions by London boroughs have declined on average over the last two decades but there is still much more work to do in order to reach emission targets, warns a new report by London Councils and ReLondon.