Including the closely related terms improve air quality, and improved air.
… with groups like Street Trees for Living is a great way to help maintain new trees planted in the borough – you can even fundraise with your neighbours to get a new tree planted on your street. Reduce car use Setting off on foot, by bike or public transport are lower carbon ways to travel compared to going by car and making that choice where you can helps to improve air quality in the borough…
… journeys involved in the school run. As well as having a positive impact on the health of school children as a result of improved air quality, reducing the number of vehicle journeys made helps to reduce carbon emissions across the borough as a whole. So far, School Streets in Lewisham are estimated to have cut vehicle journeys by 1.45 million and contributed to a 4,360 tonne reduction in CO²e…
…. This measures the number of days in a year where air pollution levels were above the DEFRA target threshold. Greener, adaptive Lewisham: overview of key performance indicators Improving air quality: Implementation of our Air Quality Action Plan 2022- 2027 has begun, which sets out our plans to improve air quality in the borough. Work to improve air quality in recent years has included…
… a survival rate of 98% - far above the industry standard of 70%. Greener, adaptive Lewisham: recent progress Climate Emergency Action Plan 2024 32 Climate Emergency Action Plan 2024 33 Greener, adaptive Lewisham: priorities for 2024/25 Investing in green and blue infrastructure Increasing resilience to climate change Improving air quality Reducing waste and increasing recycling…
… the proposed expansion of London City Airport’s operating hours, formally responding to Newham Council’s planning consultation as a statutory consultee to highlight our opposition. We argued that the proposed changes would increase noise pollution for Lewisham residents and undermine efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and improve air quality. In July, Newham Council’s Strategic Development…