What makes Boris an expert on climate, progs? Is he a scientist? Margaret Thatcher knew a thing or two about science, she was actually a chemist and apparently an alarmist and a cultist.
Hang on! Boris might be a cult member as well.
Quote:Greater London is home to around 7,556,9001 people who are spread across 607 square miles. This means it has one of the highest concentrations of electricity demand and CO2 emissions in Great Britain. The Capital also has the UK’s toughest targets to reduce carbon. As a result, the Mayor and the London Development Agency (the LDA) have committed to reduce London’s carbon by 60% by 2025.
These are ambitious targets and to tackle them as well as possible, London has become a test-bed for an urban low-carbon project.
‘Low Carbon London’ will run until June 2014 and features all kinds of initiatives. For example, energy saving measures are being applied to 70% of London’s housing; and, through a ‘Responsible Procurement Strategy’, energy efficiency will be showcased through the Greater London Authority Group’s 8,000 vehicles and 900 buildings.
Transport will play a major role as it is a huge contributor to CO2 emissions. Londoners will be encouraged to move around quickly and easily using low carbon forms of transport, such as electric vehicles, hybrid buses and bicycles.
As well as saving energy, it’s about generating it. The Mayor has a London Plan which is a strategy for improving people’s quality of life in the city. The plan has set a target for 2025, where 25% of its energy needs will be met mainly by generating electricity on a local level. It’s far less wasteful to create energy locally than to transfer it from a power station, miles away.
A Green Enterprise District is being created across east London to help the City become a global leader in the low carbon economy. Spanning the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham and Havering, the scheme will create 6,000 jobs and help to ‘regenerate one of the most deprived areas in the capital’2 .
The Government will get together with businesses and local communities to save carbon and show what can be achieved.
The Mayor will be working with partners to see if there are any skills shortages which could delay moves to a low carbon future. 17 London universities, who focus on climate change research, have signed up to help.
“I want London to be ahead of the queue, grasping a significant share of the jobs and economic booty arising from this new generation of low carbon goods and services.”
Pity some of our leaders are hell bent on putting us at the back of the queue.