Climate change document and asset library

Londoners' views on climate change (October 2021). Results from London Councils’ 2021 climate change polling. 

Consumption-based household emissions profiles for London boroughs (June 2021). Consumption-based emissions accounting at the borough level, providing an overview of trends in the period 2001 – 2018. 

Climate change guidance and toolkits  (April 2021). An assessment of the various toolkits that are available to local government for guidance on acting on climate change. 

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. 

Borough Climate Conference (October 2021). Hosted by Mayor Philip Glanville, London Councils' Executive member for Transport and Environment, the conference was London boroughs’ opportunity to get up to speed with the fast-changing climate policy landscape ahead of COP26 and hear the latest from borough-led climate action programmes. Download the slide presentation on the seven climate change programmes being led by London boroughs. 

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). 

Cities Climate Investment Commission (CCIC) launch (July 2021), with Prof Greg Clark, Cllr Susan Aitken (Glasgow City Council), Niall Bolger (LB Hounslow), Andrew Carter (Centre for Cities), Rachel Dickie (Grosvenor) and Shuen Chan (LGIM Real Assets). 

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. 

Empowering local government to be climate leaders (November 2020), with Mayor Philip Glanville (Chair, London Councils' Transport and Environment Committee), Patrick Allcorn (BEIS), Sue Halliwell (ADEPT) and Harriet Lamb (Ashden), chaired by Katharina Winbeck from London Councils. 

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) 

Net Zero Review (January 2023). London Councils welcomes the contribution of the independent Net Zero Review.

London Councils' response to Review of Net Zero following call for Evidence (October 2022) 

Find out London Councils' response to Government Consultation on Review of Electricy Markets (October 2022) 

London Councils' response to the relevant questions following the Government's call for Evidence in the Green Finance Strategy (June 2022) 

Parliamentary briefing on the seven climate programmes (March 2022)

Written evidence submitted to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into “Mapping the path to net zero” (September 2021) 

Written evidence submitted to the BEIS Select Committee inquiry into Net Zero Governance (September 2021)