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• Reference: 2024/1194
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Residents living near New River Path in Islington and Hackney have raised concerns about the alarming amount of litter along the route. The two councils, along with Thames Water, have reportedly failed to take responsibility for the issue, leaving it to volunteer litter pickers to keep the path clean. What actions are you taking to get this sorted, and will you step in to convene the relevant stakeholders to address it?

• Reference: 2024/1196
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

The Government has managed to deliver greater carbon savings than planned in their third five-year carbon budget, for 2018 to 2022 inclusive. Is London on track or behind your published pathways to reach your 2030 net zero goal?

• Reference: 2024/1202
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

I support your decision to install air filters in 200 schools with a view to expanding this programme in future. What evidence will you record from these installations and will you be collecting data to show improved attendance, reductions in infectious disease spread and improved health outcomes for pupils and staff with health conditions?

• Reference: 2024/1228
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Could you update me on progress of the recommendations in the April 2022 report, Planning for Roof Mounted Solar Photovoltaics in London, from the GLA, and how you are tracking progress going forward?

• Reference: 2024/1230
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

In your answer to question 2024/0750 you said: “The focus of GLA officers is currently on ensuring the remaining customers of Solar Together London are successfully supported to get the resolution they seek. No decision has been made on what happens thereafter although I have made budget available to support delivery of my Solar Action Plan in 2024/25.” Could you tell me how much budget you apportioned to this delivery?

• Reference: 2024/1193
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Are you on track to be the ‘greenest Mayor ever’?

• Reference: 2024/0571
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/3969. With regard to the promised: “note covering the implementation of green infrastructure policies,” could you confirm whether: a) the Urban Greening Factor (UGF) data will relate to CAVAT or canopy cover data, b) this data will disclose and/or highlight discrepancies between positive UGF data where it conflicts with net loss of ‘public welfare’ value or CAVAT valuations, and c) where the note, which in the same answer you said you aimed: “to publish on the GLA website by the end of this financial year,” has been published and, if so, where?

• Reference: 2024/0544
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1852, where you outlined how you are monitoring and reporting your progress towards your 2030 Net Zero target. In your Environment Strategy, you also set out a range of specific objectives that are not related to emissions. Regarding your objective to “make more than half of London’s area green by 2050” (p.156), what percentage of London is now green, and what increase since the launch of the strategy does this amount to?

• Reference: 2024/0545
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1852, where you outlined how you are monitoring and reporting your progress towards your 2030 Net Zero target. In your Environment Strategy, you also set out a range of specific objectives that are not related to emissions. Regarding your objective to “increase [London’s urban forest] by 10 per cent by 2050,” (p.167) what percentage increase in London’s canopy cover has been realised since 2018?

• Reference: 2024/0546
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

Thank you for your answer to my question 2023/1852, where you outlined how you are monitoring and reporting your progress towards your 2030 Net Zero target. In your Environment Strategy, you also set out a range of specific objectives that are not related to emissions. Regarding your objectives to create: a) 20 hectares of species-rich woodland, b) 50 hectares of flower-rich grassland, c) ten km of rivers and streams, and d) five hectares of reedbeds by 2025, (p.182), how many hectares of a), b), and d) and how many km of c) have been created since the launch of the...