… Vision 2030: Building A Net Zero Carbon Islington By 2030 1 Vision 2030: Building a Net Zero Carbon Islington by 2030 22 3 Contents Introduction 6 Islington’s Vision 12 Defining Net Zero Carbon 18 Governance 28 Funding and Resources 30 Engaging, Empowering and Partnering Others 36 Priority 1: Residential buildings, Commercial &…
… the immense challenge of providing a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren. By doing so, we will contribute to a sustainable future for the planet. If we need a reminder of how important this is we only need to listen the school children who come to the steps of the town hall as they ask us to take action. This Net Zero Carbon strategy sets out our vision of a fair and green future…
… for local people and our plan for a net zero carbon Islington by 2030. It builds on our work to make our borough a fairer place for everyone by helping with the cost of living and mitigating the inequalities exacerbated by climate change. To achieve that future, we need central government to step up and provide adequate and sustained funding and a legislative framework which can help us…
… to drive forward our ambition for a net zero carbon borough. After ten years of austerity, councils such as ours have little spare resources and we must get the support we need. Our housing retrofit programme alone demands funding which we can’t raise. We need decarbonised electricity generation to stand any chance of meeting our commitments, which is only something central government can do…
… Council declared a climate emergency on 27 June 2019, when a motion committing the council to working towards making Islington net zero carbon by 2030 was unanimously passed by a meeting of full council. In this strategy, we set out an overview of the sources of carbon emissions in Islington, identify the commitments that we as a council can make today and the actions required needed…