In the wake of a new report Green Assembly Member Baroness Jenny Jones calls for Mayor Boris Johnson to take much needed action and invest in solar panel, instead of backing environmentally damaging fracking.
Jenny Jones pictured with teachers on an Islington school roof, whose school receives over 20% of it’s energy from the solar panels.
A landmark report published today ‘New Climate Economy’ gives the global economy 15 years to transform itself to a low carbon economy, in order to have any chance of avoiding the worst of climate change. Solar could play a significant role, according to Lord Stern, who co-authored the report. Jenny Jones has pointed out that London has the lowest uptake of solar panels of any regions on mainland Britain and has recommended the formation of a dedicated City Hall solar team to address this deficit and help businesses, tenants and communities to benefit from solar generated energy.
Jenny Jones says:
“All Londoners will pay dearly for the Mayor’s failure to take the giant strides that are needed urgently, both in terms of leadership and actions to curb dangerous climate change. He has an opportunity to fight for our futures at next year’s crunch climate change meetings in Paris, but to date he has declined to make any commitments.
“Instead, our climate sceptic Mayor is actively contributing to global warming by backing the expansion of aviation, the most carbon polluting form of transport and activities such as fracking.
“Solar energy has the potential to generate about a fifth of London’s electricity needs. The Mayor should be maximising this potential by helping to turn the empty roof tops of London’s commercial and industrial businesses, supermarkets, flats, schools, public buildings and homes into mini power stations”