November 2020
Price: £95 PLUS VAT
Format: DOWNLOADABLE PDF
***Full-scale policy conference taking place online***
This conference focuses on environmental policy priorities for London, looking at:
- next steps and remaining challenges for the London Environment Strategy
- new developments within The London Plan which sets out a new cross-sector framework for the development of London over the next 20-25 years
- the Mayor’s plans to make London carbon neutral by 2030
The agenda:
- Delivering the London Environment Strategy, securing a green economic recovery, and leading the way in meeting the 2050 net zero target
- Developing local initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, promote active travel and improve air quality - priorities for working across London Boroughs
- Case study: developing a green city, planning for adaptation, and driving policy towards carbon neutral targets
- Key issues for the natural environment and public health in London - wildlife and habitat protection, improving access to green spaces and air quality, and supporting active travel
- Delivering sustainability across London’s built and natural environment, and utilising the river as a resource
- Priorities for developing sustainable city-wide infrastructure, improving domestic energy efficiency and addressing delivery challenges - design, investment and affordable retrofitting
The background at a glance:
- the London Environment Strategy - with policy objectives around:
- protecting the physical and natural environment, restoring wildlife and habitat outlets
- delivering healthy and low-carbon forms of travel, energy and infrastructure across the city
- The London Plan - which aims to improve public health, equality and the city’s economy in a green and sustainable way
- London borough action on climate change - last year’s declaration of a climate emergency amongst London-wide boroughs, and the TEC-LEDNet Joint Statement: Climate Change on climate change adaptation preparedness
- The Energy for Londoners programme - with objectives around delivering low-carbon energy supply and energy efficient homes and expanding the role and communities in power generation
- Take urgent action on six key principles for a resilient recovery - Committee on Climate Change advising national and devolved governments on principles for a resilient COVID-19 recovery, including:
- increased investments in mitigation and adaptation measures
- developing low-carbon infrastructure
- improving public access to nature, such as environmental restoration and green spaces
- London National Park City - London declaring itself the world’s first National Park City, with aims to improve public health, cohesion, and address climate change
- Air quality In London 2016-2020 - research from Imperial College finding dramatic improvement, attributed to the success of the ULEZ in addition to the COVID-19 lockdown, but with levels in some parts of the city exceeding legal limits and World Health Organisation guidelines
The discussion in more detail:
- the London Environment Strategy
- progress - looking at key elements, including:
- protecting the physical and natural environment
- restoring wildlife and habitat outlets
- delivering healthy and low-carbon forms of travel, energy and infrastructure across the city
- engaging with key groups - including attracting finance and investment - and for designing city-wide strategies
- London’s infrastructure - ensuring that it promotes decarbonisation, including expanding electric vehicle charging, and clean energy installation
- active travel - supporting its further development across the transport network, improving the public health of Londoners, and learning from international best practice
- collaboration on climate strategies - at a cross-borough, community and individual level:
- local decision-making - opportunities presented by London borough responsibility for designing their own climate and environmental plans for unlocking local and community driven engagement
- local strategies - measures that council leaders can take in designing and delivering on effective targets, with input from local businesses, to create low-carbon goods, services and programmes
- engagement - steps for ensuring the involvement of London residents and communities in climate plans, including for local circular economies, and supporting residents to change to more sustainable behaviours
- energy efficiency:
- supporting affordable domestic retrofit to drive energy efficiency improvements
- increasing energy efficiency of new homes in line with the Future Homes Standard
- achieving the objectives in the Energy for Londoners programme, including:
- coordination between the public sector, private sector stakeholders and residents, to help deliver insulation, warmer homes, and clean and reliable heating
- securing public and private investment for the acceleration of clean and distributed energy such as solar power
- London’s natural capital and a green economic recovery from COVID-19:
- employment - steps local policymakers, businesses and local groups can make to attract green jobs to London
- active travel - increasing opportunities and adapting to physical distancing needs, such as widening pavements, creating roads exclusive for walking and cycling
- air quality - - assessing further options in line with recent steps taken by London authorities
- green infrastructure - priorities, and using the Greener City Fund, looking at options for new large-scale green spaces, living walls, urban forests, and mass tree planting, and potential impact of water and air quality and encouraging walking and cycling
- local projects - further opportunities for engaging local residents and communities with the natural environment, including neighbourhood greening projects in public spaces
Policy officials attending
Our forums are known for attracting strong interest from policymakers and stake holders. Places have been reserved by parliamentary pass-holders from the House of Commons, and officials from BEIS; MHCLG; Defra; the Department for Transport; the National Infrastructure Commission; the Planning Inspectorate; the Committee on Climate Change; the Crown Commercial Service; the Department of International Trade; the Environment Agency; the Health and Safety Executive; HM Revenue & Customs; the Industrial Strategy Council; Natural Resources Wales; the Office of Rail and Road; and the Welsh Government.
This is a full-scale conference taking place online***
- full, four-hour programme including comfort breaks - you’ll also get a full recording to refer back to
- information-rich discussion involving key policymakers and stakeholders
- conference materials provided in advance, including speaker biographies
- speakers presenting via webcam, accompanied by slides if they wish, using the Cisco WebEx professional online conference platform (easy for delegates - we’ll provide full details)
- opportunities for live delegate questions and comments with all speakers
- a recording of the addresses, all slides cleared by speakers, and further materials, is made available to all delegates afterwards as a permanent record of the proceedings
- delegates are able to add their own written comments and articles following the conference, to be distributed to all attendees and more widely
- networking too - there will be opportunities for delegates to e-meet and interact - we’ll tell you how!
Full information and guidance on how to take part will be sent to delegates before the conference
