Policy information sourced from the Southwark Local Plan 2022
SP6 Climate Emergency
We will lead the way in providing spaces for people to connect with nature, making people feel safe, creating cleaner streets, increasing recycling, reducing landfill waste, and reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions to address the Climate Emergency. This will be achieved through:
- Protecting, improving and enhancing our environment through making new and existing buildings as energy efficient as possible; and
- Making Southwark a place where walking, cycling and public transport are the first choice of travel as they are convenient, safe and attractive; and
- Protecting and improving our network of open spaces, waterways, trees and biodiverse habitats and green corridors that make places open and attractive and provide important sport, leisure and food growing opportunities; and
- Improving our natural environment through the use of urban greening to reduce flood risk and improve air quality; and
- Working with local people to deliver the very best so that the borough is clean, green and safe.
For more information please see the Southwark Local Plan 2022