Cautiously welcoming the Mayor’s announcement of £3m to develop 10 flagship Low Carbon Zones, Darren Johnson said that a holistic, area based approach is the right one, but that much more investment and ambition is needed.
"Given that it takes an estimate £11,000 for a home to achieve the 80% cut in emissions needed, it is very disappointing that the Mayor is only offering £3m. Unless much more in invested, only about 280 London homes would be made truly carbon friendly."
"To tackle climate change and cut energy bills across London every street must be tackled in a systematic way, with a plan to work through every ward in London. To secure the necessary investment the Mayor must negotiate with Government and use some of the £13m that he failed to spend on emissions reductions in his first year in office."