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London Borough of Southwark

… and stores management  Emissions and carbon savings Maintaining high recycling rates and low landfill use  35% of waste recycled  The highest rate in inner London  Only 3.5% on average goes to landfill  2,400 tonnes of plastic recycled per year  Reduce emissions from landfill  Education and outreach programme with schools and residents  Energy recovery via SELCHP Cycling networks…

… to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. A global emergency 4. The global challenge that climate change represents is unprecedented. 5. The warming climate due to human activity and emissions has led to rapid loss of biodiversity and damage to delicate ecosystems that threatens and impacts all life on Earth. This crisis is not something that any of us are insulated from, and the impact of climate…

… targets. Although many of the actions within the strategy are likely to be similar to those taken forward, they need to be examined within the context of achieving carbon neutrality across the Borough, and not just across the Council’s own operations. 32. We have been working towards the council target of reducing the emissions from our own operations by 50% by 2022, based on our existing CRC…

… and impact  Improving our fleet  Reducing unnecessary travel and emissions Consolidation of buildings  Reducing emissions  Introducing efficient management systems  Reducing travel impacts Air quality action plan  Tackling harmful emissions in the borough  Working with developers to improve air quality  Targeting problem areas  Reducing traffic  Working to consolidate deliveries  Working…

…% of the world’s species are now at threat of extinction due to habitat loss and the effects of climate change. The Committee on Climate Change recently reported that there will have to be a quadrupling of low carbon electricity, major scale carbon capture and storage, and a radical change of land use to reach ‘carbon net zero’ by 2050. 8. There are a range of opinions on the pace required to meet…