Climate action
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face both in our community and worldwide. Find out how we will lead our borough in taking the action needed to respond to the climate emergency.
Reducing your carbon footprint
We set an objective to for our council's operations to be carbon neutral by 2030 and another objective to provide advice on how to measure and reduce a carbon footprint.
Various online tools can help us understand how our various activities contribute to climate change and what we can do to reduce our carbon footprint.
- gaining better control of central heating through thermostats and timers
- insulating your home with loft and wall insulation
- replacing old single-pane windows with double glazing
- upgrading to LED lighting
- installing low-carbon central heating and solar-powered hot water systems
- installing solar photo-voltaic (PV) panels to generate green electricity for your home
- changing to low emission or electric vehicles
- composting and recycling household waste
Useful websites and tools
- Energy Saving Trust provides a wide range of tools and resources for residents to establish what solutions would work best for them and find out more about grant funding.
- Carbon calculator - provides information on the government's commitment to achieve net zero across the UK by 2050 and includes a tool to visualise the UK's overall net zero journey.
- UK Business Climate Hub - the government has created a climate hub for small to medium enterprises to help with the path to net zero.
- Carbon calculator for businesses - available from the Carbon Trust for small and medium-sized businesses to calculate their organisation's emissions.
Better Futures - information for London businesses (with at least 2 employees and a turnover of between £100k and £43 million) that can apply for support on the net zero journey.