Including the closely related term air pollution.
… the amount of single use plastic they consume and to promote the Circular Economy across the borough. Our key target is to reduce the amount of waste generated in the borough Our air: Improving Air Quality – We will develop and deliver an ambitious air quality plan that will make a meaningful change to air quality in the borough with an emphasis on reducing air pollution particularly around schools…
… Mitigation and Energy Efficiency 22 Our waste: Waste and Plastics and the Circular Economy 29 Our air: Improving Air Quality 35 Our nature: Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity 42 Our water: Water Management and Flood Abatement 49 LONDON BOROUGH OF RICHMOND UPON THAMES - CLIMATE CHANGE SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2019-20243 Very late in the day, the existential and urgent crisis posed by climate…
… of interconnected factors, including increases in air pollution (which causes chronic conditions such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and lung cancer) and aeroallergens, water shortage and flooding, heatwaves and other adverse 1 Observed changes in extremes. The Met Office. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/mohippo/pdf/climate/cop23/observed_changes_in_extremes_final_v1.0.pdf…
… agenda. Successful delivery of the strategy will depend on integration with and implementation of other council strategies and action plans. These include: • Active Travel Strategy (2020-2024) • Air Quality Action Plan (2019-2024) • Allotment Strategy (2018-2028) • Asset strategy (2016- 2021) • Biodiversity Action Plan (developed with SWLEN) (2019) • Cycling Strategy (2016- 2026) • Parks…
… and town centres. By 2024, we aim to have less polluting traffic on our roads, contributing to an improvement in air quality across the borough. Our key target is to improve the air quality in the borough. Our nature: Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity – We will improve and protect the biodiversity and ecology of our green spaces and protect them against the negative impacts of climate change…