Oxford Mayor travels to French climate conference by plane

This is following a social media campaign in November asking the public to travel by train, rather than plane

London’s illegal air pollution peaks fall almost 100% since 2016

The Mayor’s Office notes before Sadiq Khan came into power, London’s air exceeded the hourly legal limit for nitrogen dioxide for more than 4,000 hours

London mayor launches £3.6m fund to make homes energy efficient

The Retrofit Accelerator for Homes will provide financial support to local authorities and housing associations to make ‘urgent’ upgrades and improvements

Sadiq Khan plans car-free day in London to tackle air pollution

Roads will be closed around Tower Bridge, London Bridge and much of the City of London, stretching 20 kilometres on 22nd September

London Mayor announces major EV network expansion for the capital

Sadiq Khan has said the city’s first EV charging hub will be operational by the end of 2019

Mayor of London launches £500m energy efficiency fund

It aims to help hospitals, small businesses and universities reduce their bills and cut carbon emissions

Mayor of London doubles air quality funding

The Major of London has said he will double funding to improve London’s air quality. Sadiq Khan announced £875 million of spending over the next five years ahead of the draft publication of Transport for London’s (TfL) business plan later this week. That’s an increase from £425 million the previous Mayor allocated to tackle the […]

Londoners back mayor’s plan to tackle air pollution

Londoners have “overwhelmingly” backed Mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to crack down on air pollution in the capital. Nearly 80% of a record 15,000 people who responded to a consultation support plans to bring the Ultra Low Emission Zone forward to 2019 and 71% believe it should be expanded to the North and South Circular. There […]

Sadiq Khan’s ambitious plans for a greener London

  Labour’s Mayoral Candidate Sadiq Khan has unveiled ambitious plans which he claims will make him the “greenest mayor London has ever had”. During the Greener London Hustings event organised by think tank Green Alliance last Friday, Mr Khan said he wants to make the capital “the world’s first national park city” and establish a […]

London plans ‘Low Emission Neighbourhoods’

Mayor Boris Johnson has launched a multi-million pound scheme which aims to tackle poor air quality in London. Up to two £1 million Low Emission Neighbourhoods will be funded as part of the Mayor’s £20 million Air Quality Fund. The scheme encourages boroughs to look at a variety of solutions to tackle emissions as well as changing […]