Climate change reports, briefings, committee papers and other media links and downloads.
Our reports
- Londoners' views on climate change (2022). Results from London Councils’ 2022 climate change polling.
- Consumption-based household emissions profiles for London boroughs. (June 2023). Consumption-based emissions accounting at the borough level, providing an overview of trends in the period 2001 – 2020.
Event recordings
- London Councils' Climate Programmes Showcase (July 2022). Speakers describe the innovative and collaborative work taking place as a result of London Councils' Climate Programmes. Chaired by Mayor Philip Glanville, London Councils' Executive member for Transport and Environment and featuring speakers from each of the seven programmes. Download the slide presentation summarising the progress of the seven climate change programmes.
- London Climate Summit (October 2021). Co-chaired by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and London Councils' Chair, Cllr Georgia Gould exploring the best and brightest ideas from all over the capital tackling climate change and enabling a green recovery.
- Net Zero Strategy: how local government can turbocharge delivery - YouTube (July 2021), with Eddie Hughes MP (Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at MHCLG), Mayor Glanville (Chair, London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee), Cllr David Renard (Chair, LGA Environment, Economy, Housing and Transport Board), Carolyn McKenzie (ADEPT/ Surrey County Council) and Harriet Lamb (Ashden)
- Accelerating the green recovery in London's boroughs (July 2020), with Cllr Claire Holland (LB Lambeth), Jordan Cummings (CBI London), Afsheen Rashid (Repowering) and Kas Mohammed (Schneider Electric), chaired by Dianna Neal from London Councils.
Briefings & statements
- GLA - London Councils joint statement on Green Finance (August 2022)
- Green Jobs and Skills in London (December 2021)
- London Councils’ Annual Climate Change Polling Results 2021 (November 2021)
- Net Zero Strategy(November 2021)
- NAO report on local government and net zero(July 2020)
- Addressing the climate emergency(Jan 2020)
Parliamentary briefings and Consultation responses
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Net Zero Review (January 2023). London Councils welcomes the contribution of the independent Net Zero Review.
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London Councils' response to Review of Net Zero following call for Evidence (October 2022)
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Find out London Councils' response to Government Consultation on Review of Electricy Markets (October 2022)
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London Councils' response to the relevant questions following the Government's call for Evidence in the Green Finance Strategy (June 2022)
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Parliamentary briefing on the seven climate programmes (March 2022)
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Written evidence submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into “Mapping the path to net zero” (September 2021)
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Written evidence submitted to the BEIS Select Committee inquiry into Net Zero Governance (September 2021)
Committee papers
Leaders' Committee:
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December 2021: includes update on climate change strategy
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March 2021: Includes update on climate change strategy
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July 2020: includes proposals around the green recovery
Transport and Environment Committee:
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December 2021: includes update on climate change strategy
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June 2021: Includes update on climate change action
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December 2020: includes proposals for focus in 2021
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March 2020: includes proposed actions for boroughs to include in their Climate Action Plans, to align with the Joint Statement on Climate Change
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December 2019: includes the Joint Statement on Climate Change