Including the closely related terms enhance biodiversity, and support biodiversity.
…. On the Thames and the Wandle we are reducing flood risk, and in our parks and commons we are improving biodiversity. We are moving to electric and alternative fuels for our council vehicle fleet. We are now building on this record to help achieve our biggest environmental challenge yet – to be a carbon neutral council by 2030 and a zero emission council by 2050. No area of council life will be left…
… as an organisation by 2030 and zero carbon by 2050. The strategy itself will address specific areas of action that we need to pursue, including: • We will make Wandsworth the greenest Inner London borough by committing ourselves to urban greening, planting trees, encouraging biodiversity, protecting and enhancing our existing parks and open and green spaces. • We will ensure that our planning…
… in achieving its aims. In total the council looks after more than 60,000 trees in its parks, commons and open spaces while around 16,000 grow in residential streets and on the borough’s housing estates. Our lakes and open water spaces in our parks help promote and support biodiversity, while the Wandle Trail and the Wandle Valley Park make the most of the River Wandle running through our borough…
… a vital part of regeneration as well, with the new Linear Park in Nine Elms, running from Vauxhall Bridge to Battersea Power Station, providing a sustainable, green backbone to the regeneration area, an approach that we will seek to replicate in other regeneration projects and schemes across the borough. Wandsworth’s trees and woodlands help to conserve and enhance biodiversity, our approach…
… of cultural heritage and assets – Older buildings have cultural value to society, but often their energy efficiency is lower than very energy efficient modern buildings and their carbon emissions can only be reduced so far. • Biodiversity conservation - Climate change is a major threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services and human wellbeing. Mitigating and adapting to the effects on living organisms…