London Mayor announces climate change action plan
Wed 28 February 2007
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Ken Livingston, the Mayor of London, has set out a comprehensive action plan to reduce carbon emissions in the capital. The Mayor is calling for "a decisive shift from an economy in which large amounts of energy are produced, and large amounts wasted, to an economy in which energy is conserved".
Mr Livingstone announced a Green Transport Programme as one part of a four-pronged plan to address climate change. The transport plan sets out how annual transport emissions can be cut by 4.3 million tonnes. The Mayor's press release says that CO2 emissions from road transport would fall by as much as 30 per cent if people simply bought the most fuel-efficient version of the car they want.
The Mayor's transport strategy also includes plans to promote modal shift, eco-driving, more promotion of low carbon vehicles and fuels and more tax and price signals favouring lower carbon vehicle options.
In addition to the Green Transport Programme, the Mayor also announced a Green Homes Programme, a Green Organisations Programme and a Green Energy Programme.
The Mayor said that £78 million will be "reprioritised over three years within existing Greater London Authority finances this year to launch these programmes".
Overall, the plan means stabilising London’s emissions in 2025 at 60 per cent below the 1990 level - an annual emissions reduction of 4 per cent a year. Without action, London’s annual carbon emissions would otherwise grow from 44 million tonnes to 52 million tonnes by 2025.
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