CEC has joined forces with XR Camden, Canopy Coalition and BARA (Bartholomew Road Residents Association) to make two deputations to Camden Council's Culture and Environment Scrutiny Committee, chaired by Cllr. Awale Olad. view here. Tania gave a detailed and irrefutable explanation of why building a new waste incinerator in Edmonton would be extremely damaging for …
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In January, CEC's Built Environment Group submitted comments on Camden's draft Planning Framework for the old Kentish Town goodsyard site (currently the Murphy's site and Regis Road Industrial area). See attached document. BEG has also commented on the proposals are coming forward for the development of the Murphy's site. We think that there is great …
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In light of the work Camden is currently doing to prepare its new Biodiversity Action Plan, Climate Emergency Camden have issued the attached document. Our Biodiversity and Trees working group been thinking about these issues since we issued our Climate and Ecological Action Plan in June 2019 and are keen to work with Camden Council …
On 16th July an open letter was sent by Greta Thunberg and others to EU leaders, saying that it is time to Face the Climate Emergency. You can see the letter and sign it yourself here: https://climateemergencyeu.org
On 2nd July London Borough of Camden launched its Climate Action Plan, which will run for the next 5 years. Read the plan here. Climate Emergency Camden has contributed to the development of the plan and are pleased that it has finally been delivered. At the launch event, Finnian Murtagh spoke on behalf of CEC: Camden Climate …
Climate Emergency Camden's Built Environment Group has written to Camden Council's Climate Board about the necessity of prioritising refurbishment over demolition and rebuilding when dealing with its own building stock. The letter is as follows. The Greenest Building is one that already exists: We are writing to Camden's Climate Board, as Camden Council moves forward …
CEC, together with other groups, have written to the the leader of Camden Council about what will happen after Covid crisis is over, and public money is made available to drive the economy. Rather simply rebuild what we had before, we call on Camden to invest in a more resilient future. The crisis shows three …
CEC have submitted to the Council our detailed consideration of Camden's draft proposals. Whilst we welcome these first steps, with call on the Council to act with more urgency and greater ambition. Our main point is that there needs to be more clarity about the overall objectives: there should be a clear strategy for achieving …
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Refurbishment and retrofitting of existing buildings is of vital importance to reduce carbon emissions caused by construction. CEC's Built Environment Group has sent an open letter to the Scrutiny Panel looking into Camden Council's Community Investment Programme, calling on the Council to prioritise refurbishment and retrofitting of their estate over demolition and rebuilding. This follows …
CEC met with Cllr. Georgia Gould for a review of how Camden is addressing the Climate and Ecological Emergency following the Council meeting in October 2019. Georgia told us that there is a lot going on behind the scenes, as well as the Think & Do community engagement project that operated for 6 weeks in …
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