Mayor bids to boost market for London’s small energy producers
In a ground-breaking new move to secure London’s future energy supply and boost investment and growth in London’s low carbon economy, the Mayor Boris Johnson is bidding to enable the capital’s small...
View ArticleMayor’s Low Carbon Prize
The 2013 Mayor’s Low Carbon Prize, in partnership with Siemens is looking for innovative ideas from London’s students to help us slash London’s CO2 emissions 60 per cent by 2025. Siemens Internships...
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Vision 2020 – which way’s that then?
I had the pleasure this week of reading about a vision for London in the year 2020. Here’s what I read: “London in 2020 will be a model of sustainable development for other European cities London will...
View ArticleTime for some sustainable fun
It’s Friday lunchtime in London and, all over town, there are literally millions of people looking ahead to their Friday night. What do they want? At first sight it’s an unanswerable question: how on...
View ArticleEU laws are vital for healthy air, but national governments must play their part
This article was originally published on SERA. As the UK’s summer arrives, the EU remains our only progressive ally in the fight for clean air and air quality in our cities The EU referendum debate...
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Maybe we can just promise to ourselves we will never leave our cotton bag at...
We have been discussing for a while about, “how to be sustainable in our everyday life?”, and I have been questioning myself lately about what can I, a reasonable Londoner, do with the facilities that...
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Mayor’s London Road Task Force report- here’s what it really says
This article is signed by David Quarmby, who was chairman of the RAC Foundation from 2009 until July of this year. The London Roads Task Force report – published 10 July alongside the response from...
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The Cycling Revolution –London’s road layouts are not keeping up with the...
This article is signed by Oliver Jeffcott, who is a senior solicitor who specialises in helping injured cyclists. He works at Bolt Burdon Kemp solicitors where he heads up the cycling department. He...
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London Mayor’s air quality data questioned and 2020 targets challenged
London Sustainability Exchange convened a conference recently to consider how communities can protect themselves against poor air quality. The conference produced some interesting data on the situation...
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Transport conclusions: Transport in London is dangerous and expensive but the...
Dangerous? – Well, this assumed a high profile in the contributions to our debate of transport in London. Is it an exaggeration? What is the evidence that travelling around London is no more dangerous...
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Deconstructing the renting sector
This article is signed by Jessica Cresswell, who completed last year the MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London, specialising in climate change adaptation and cities. For her master...
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Make London Housing for Londoners
This article is signed by CPRE London and first appeared on their website. CPRE London is a regional branch of the national charity Campaign to Protect Rural England. The branch works to promote...
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London’s cyclists are feeling less safe – Assembly research
Photo credits: http://www.newenvironmentalist.co.uk/ Despite the accident toll for London’s cyclists and promised improvements, London’s cyclists are now even more concerned about their safety. Over...
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COURT REJECTS BID TO BLOCK ‘AFFORDABLE’ MAYOR’S RENT POLICY
Nine London Boroughs took the Mayor to Court to try to stop him raising affordable rent levels to 80% of market rents and to remove the right of the Boroughs to set local affordable rents. The Mayor...
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The place for low cost housing
by Mike De’Ath, Partner at HTA, a design led multi disciplinary consultancy to the housing and regeneration sector. He joined HTA in 1986, and was appointed to the Main Board in 2002. He has extensive...
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We examined the new London mayoral candidate David Lammy’s strategy for...
London Remade will look at all London Mayoral candidates’ strategies on the housing crisis. This article will examine David Lammy’s plan, he will be up against Christian Wolmar, who also seeks Labour’s...
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Where was the Mayor this weekend when 40,000 people protested on the streets...
40,000 people turned out on the streets of London on Sunday to raise the cause of climate change and the need for an energetic response. But there was no sign of the Mayor of London nor for that matter...
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London’s food businesses’ shocking rejection of chance to cut waste
London’s food businesses have rejected help from the Mayor of London to reduce food waste and save money. A huge 94% of food businesses have turned down the offer of support. Many of them claim that...
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