Climate Emergency Camden has written to the Council to express dismay at their proposal to sell the Holmes Road Depot to a private company for redevelopment, 2 years after it was retrofitted at a cost of £8.4m. To throw away this investment in insulation and a low-carbon heating system, which itself has a carbon cost, …
Climate Emergency Camden has joined Stay Grounded- a global network working to reduce the impact of aviation. Aviation is the most climate damaging form of transport and one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. In the next two decades, the industry expects a doubling of air passengers. A massive global wave of aviation …
Time is fast running out. Climate Emergency Camden joined with groups from around the country to call on the government to halt all future fossil fuel extraction projects immediately. With thousands in attendance, we stood and sat in the road together and demanded: NO NEW OIL, tax big polluters and billionaires, ENERGY FOR ALL, insulate our homes, and …
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Members of Climate Emergency Camden have set up a platform to field candidates in May's local elections. it is proposed to support one independent candidate in each ward in Camden, whose remit will be to prioritise action on the climate and ecological emergency. Candidates will support the aims of Climate Emergency Camden, and sign up …
CEC's Built Environment Group has submitted a response to Camden's consultation on the Site Allocation Local Plan. Climate Emergency Camden does not think that the plans for proposed development are “sound” in relation to the urgent need to mitigate climate change and ecological damage globally, as they do not consider the impact of 'embodied carbon' …
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We were heartened to hear embodied carbon and retrofit discussed at the Housing Scrutiny Committee on 8th December. The ability of retrofit to reduce carbon emissions over the next 20 years is of prime importance to mitigate climate change. The problem with the ‘whole life carbon’ methodology that is often put forward to justify demolition …
On 16th December the North London Waste Authority board, including Camden councillors Adam Harrison and Richard Olszewski, voted to award the construction contract of the Edmonton Incinerator to the Spanish company Acciona. CEC has made many previous representations to the Council about the serious flaws with the current plans, and joined protestors from the 7 …
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A hard-hitting report by environmental experts Targeting Zero, commissioned by Save Museum Street and Climate Emergency Camden, has lambasted the proposals for Museum Street put forward by developer LabTech, funded by billionaire ex-con Teddy Sagi. The proposed development, including a huge 81 metre office block, in the heart of the iconic conservation areas of Covent …
On 11th October CEC made the following deputation to Camden Council about progress over the past two years to address the Climate and Ecological Emergency: Whilst we are glad that Camden acknowledges the importance of Retrofit, and the skills training necessary for this work, we believe that Camden’s approach to the Climate Emergency should be …
The Environmental Audit Committee has accepted CEC's submission to their inquiry Mapping the path to net zero. You can read all the written submissions here, including from MySpace and those local authorities who have been considering the challenges in detail. https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1346/mapping-the-path-to-net-zero/publications/written-evidence/
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