- The Mayor has made a number of environment commitments, including the ULEZ expansion and Green Bonds, which are due to be implemented in 2023.
- The Mayor’s Environment Strategy is almost five years old, and a new update is due in 2023 on how much progress has been made.
- How can the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority (GLA) help ensure that campaigners and ordinary Londoners can understand and access environmental decision-making in London?
The London Assembly Environment Committee will tomorrow welcome various London-based environmental groups to a roundtable discussion about what the Mayor‘s key environmental priorities should be for 2023.
The meeting will also discuss the effectiveness of the Mayor’s Environment Strategy, the progress made since its launch in 2018, and what changes could be made to improve it.
The guests are:
- Ben Cooper KC, Co-founder, Dream for Trees
- Mark Cridge, Executive Director, The National Park City Foundation
- Ruth Fitzharris, Executive Assistant and Spokesperson, Mums for Lungs
- Talia Chain, Chief Executive Officer, Sadeh Farm
- Quentin Given, Co-ordinator, Friends of the Earth London Network
- Larissa Lockwood, Director of Clean Air, Global Action Plan
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, 10 January 2023 from 10am in The Chamber, at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube
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Notes to editors
- Read the agenda papers
- Zack Polanski AM, Chair of the Environment Committee, is available for interview.
- Find out more about the London Assembly Environment Committee.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For media enquiries, please contact Emma Bowden in the Assembly Media Office on 07849 303897. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer.