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

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

• 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...

• Reference: 2024/0547
• 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 statement that “by 2026 no biodegradable or recyclable waste will be sent to landfill” (p.25), from the most recent data available, could you tell me what percentage of biodegradable or recyclable waste is being sent to landfill? Please provide data broken down by households and businesses.

• Reference: 2024/0548
• 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 “work with TfL, boroughs, water companies and other landowners to, by 2030, switch 200 hectares of land from draining directly to conventional sewers or London’s watercourses to draining to SuDS” (p.366), how many hectares of London’s land are now drainable to SuDS?

• Reference: 2024/0549
• Question by: Zack Polanski
• Meeting date: 22 February 2024

What methods have you explored to stimulate demand for home retrofit among owner-occupiers and could you share your findings and plans to roll any of these out?