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London Mayor Outlines Green Credentials
In his first major speech on the environment since being elected, Boris Johnson set out his priorities on how London can cut carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2025.The Mayor of London outlined his plans in key areas:
- The Mayor will work with London's boroughs to ensure all Londoners have access to minimum hassle, zero upfront cost energy efficiency measures to reduce energy consumption in their homes -- delivering on average £300 a year savings on energy bills.
- Unprecedented ramp-up in investment in decentralised energy eg: Combined Heat and Power plants, to deliver 25 per cent of London's energy locally by 2025.
- Ten new Low Carbon Zones in London which will concentrate energy efficiency programmes and new technology opportunities for residents and businesses
- Extracting the huge economic value in London's waste. If London's waste could be converted to energy - rather than buried in landfill or burnt by incinerators - it would be worth several billion pounds. Johnson will work with London boroughs to unlock this value.
Boris went on to stress:
- “Climate change is a major threat, not least to London. But it also creates new opportunities for us as a city. Volatile oil prices and an economic downturn are coming together to make action on climate change a potential boom industry.
The Mayor will be publishing an overview of his environmental programmes in early 2009.