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 …
Pause and Review the Edmonton Incinerator
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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Embodied carbon in Museum Street
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 …
CEC’s deputation to Council
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 …
CEC’s written evidence accepted
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/
XR March for Nature
Members of Climate Emergency Camden and XR Camden joined the march in central London to raise awareness of the threat to nature globally- rain forests, coral reefs, prairies, marshlands, mangroves are disappearing. As a result of continued extraction and burning or coal, oil and gas the planet is suffering fires, floods, drought and destruction. Nature …
Submission to Parliament
Climate Emergency Camden has submitted written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee regards Mapping the path to net zero: Local government and net zero in England’. CEC has concerns about London Borough of Camden's performance in achieving its net-zero aims. Despite having declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency in October 2019, it has not significantly …
Letter to the remaining bidder for the Edmonton Incinerator
Climate Emergency Camden is a signatory to a letter to the Spain-based company ACCIONA, the only remaining bidder in the North London Waste Authority's tender process for the construction of the planned Edmonton incinerator. The letter calls on the company to withdraw its bid from the process, in line with its own sustainability commitments. The …
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Climate Emergency roundtable with Keir Starmer
Climate Emergency Camden have met with the leader of the Labour Party to present a range of ideas about how he could broaden the scope of current policy on the Climate and Ecological Emergency. We wanted to avoid party political issues and focus on the actions that need to be taken. We started with a …
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Draft response to Camden’s Biodiversity Strategy
CEC have been preparing our response to the Council's proposed Biodiversity Strategy, on which Camden is currently consulting. Link to Camden's consultation. We think that Camden should be much more ambitious and are calling for a much more rigorous approach, with clear and measurable targets. Please see our thoughts below, which respond to the sections …
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