Combating climate emergency will change how Londoners live, work, and commute

London’s mayor and councillors unanimously backed the city’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) on Tuesday.

London’s mayor and councillors unanimously backed the city’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) on Tuesday.

Three years after council declared a climate emergency, the strategy developed by civic administration plots a course to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Following one of the largest public participation meetings since the pandemic began, the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee (SPPC) unanimously (15-0) backed the CEAP, noting the strategy will evolve over time.

Coun. Shawn Lewis emphasized that achieving the emission targets will require widespread action.

“We have to get the majority of people buying into taking the steps that are necessary, or this will fail,” Lewis warned.

The first set of milestones come in 2030— just eight years away. They include: