Climate Leadership

Overall Goal

Lead efforts to tackle the climate and ecological emergencies facing London. 

Key Deliverables 

  • Reducing our carbon footprint, accelerating London’s transition to net zero  

  • Rolling out carbon literacy training for staff, including senior managers

  • Developing green skills to ensure a robust, trained workforce can meet decarbonisation needs.

  • Building London’s climate resilience and enhancing green spaces across the city.

Work Programme Highlights

  • Identifying and progressing estate decarbonisation opportunities, including providing inputs to London's net zero pipeline, supported by signposting to technical assistance and financing opportunities 

  • Rolling out carbon literacy training for staff, including senior managers  

  • Exploring opportunities to switch to renewable energy

  • Sharing practical tools, guidance and resources to help anchors understand and respond to the climate risks facing London. 

Progress Measures

  • Net zero targets in place (plus any interim targets)   

  • Tonnes of CO2e savings achieved in the last financial year     

  • Amount of decarbonisation funding and finance secured in the last financial year 

  • Total installed renewable energy capacity    

  • No. of staff who have done climate related training over the last financial year