… Council is already underway in planning for, and delivering on, net-zero emissions for our operations and estate by 2030. However, with emissions from the council making up just a small portion of the borough’s emissions, we realised collective action across the borough is essential to achieve net zero. I was clear that we needed citizens to come together on behalf of the whole borough, working…
… with representatives of every sector and every walk of life. Only a team effort will deliver the just, equitable transition to a net-zero borough that we so desperately need. Just as the council need to take radical action to cut emissions and adapt our borough for the future, so do our big institutions such as our universities and hospitals, as well as developers, our businesses large and small…
… great borough not just to deliver on net-zero emissions, but to do so in a way that is just and fair, reducing the inherent inequities in our society at the same time. This is the Lambeth way, working together to deliver on our commitments to end the social, racial and climate injustices that blight the lives of too many people. Over the coming months, all parts of Lambeth will be coming…
…. In February 2020, Lambeth Council appointed Traverse to design and run Lambeth’s Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change. The aim of the Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change was to develop a set of recommendations for the borough to reduce carbon emissions to net zero. Between May and July 2021, 47 Lambeth residents engaged in the Assembly through online workshops and activities. Below…
… for citizens in reducing carbon emissions 3. To explore the trade-offs involved in reducing carbon emissions and how this might affect support for carbon reduction measures, and the principles we should apply to developing carbon reduction policy 4. To develop a set of recommendations for the borough to reduce carbon emissions to net zero To meet these aims and objectives, the Assembly…