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  • Net-Zero Target (1)

    • Reference: 2022/5326
    • Question by: Emma Best
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    The Environment Committee had an interesting time at the roundtable on Green Transition. Many businesses expressed their concern with your net-zero target by 2030 as the British Retail Consortium’s target is 2040. How will you achieve net-zero by 2030 if London based businesses are working towards a 2040 target?

  • Net-Zero Target (2)

    • Reference: 2022/5327
    • Question by: Emma Best
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    A large part of achieving net-zero is carbon offset. What further offset projects will you be implementing to meet your target?

  • Decarbonisation

    • Reference: 2022/5328
    • Question by: Emma Best
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    You continue to push decarbonisation, which I support. However I am concerned that the push for decarbonisation will increase the reliance on electricity which could push an already struggling grid to overload. Would you look at how this can be mitigated whilst you push for decarbonisation?

  • Litter in London

    • Reference: 2022/5475
    • Question by: Tony Devenish
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    Bright Blue has released a report called 'Picking up the pieces: tackling littering and fly-tipping in England', and has outlined recommendations. How will you work with local boroughs to tackle littering and fly-tipping and improve recycling rates in London?

  • The Climate Crisis

    • Reference: 2022/5478
    • Question by: Tony Devenish
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    The article in The Independent 'This could be the answer to the climate crisis', (11/11/2022) outlines a very sensible approach to fighting the climate crisis. Do you agree with Boris Johnson and will you support the aim outlined in the article? What further action can you take as Mayor to support and raise awareness of the commitment to end deforestation?

  • Whole Life Cycle Carbon Assessments (1)

    • Reference: 2022/5218
    • Question by: Sakina Sheikh
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    How does your LPG document on Whole Life Cycle Carbon Assessments help tackle the Climate Emergency?

  • Whole Life Cycle Carbon Assessments (2)

    • Reference: 2022/5219
    • Question by: Sakina Sheikh
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    Do you believe that 30 years is a good period for a Whole Life Cycle Carbon Assessment to cover?

  • Green New Deal Funding (1)

    • Reference: 2022/5146
    • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    Your mayoralty is committed to improving London’s air through tree planting. Please provide a year-by-year breakdown of budget allocation for tree funding, number of trees planted and boroughs where planting has taken place.

  • Green New Deal Funding (2)

    • Reference: 2022/5147
    • Question by: Len Duvall OBE
    • Meeting date: 15 December 2022
    You have committed £1.6 million to tree funding in your 2023/24 budget. How many trees is this expected to fund and how will borough allocation be decided?

  • Real world impacts of carbon offsets

    • Reference: 2022/3950
    • Question by: Zack Polanski
    • Meeting date: 17 November 2022
    The Climate Change Committee has said that a reliance on offsetting carbon emissions by businesses risks delaying the achievement of net zero. Since 2016, what carbon offset schemes have your office and the wider GLA invested in or purchased to mitigate impacts by staff in the GLA, and how do you assess their standards and minimise their use?