The Mayor of London may be leaning towards removing guidance in the new London Plan that effectively blocks air conditioning from being installed in newbuild...
Tag - climate change
Record temperatures across London have forced the temporary closure of a space meant to provide shelter from extreme heat due to the building itself...
More than a million homes in London may need significant upgrades to help curb the capital’s overheating crisis, the London Assembly has heard.
City Hall has vowed to drive down the price of owning an electric vehicle in London – but only once the zero-emission machines become widely adopted.
London’s homes are still highly exposed to potential floods if extreme weather hits the city despite warnings years ago that more needs to be done to protect...
London’s lack of preparedness for extreme heat could see more than £200million lost in productivity annually by 2030, new research has suggested.
One of the greenest local councils in the country says it is cutting back on its net-zero schemes this year due to funding pressure.
Thousands of ultra low emission vehicles were registered in Islington as of June, recent figures show, as their number increased by more than a third in a year...
All the Islington homes deemed eligible for new energy-saving measures under a government grant scheme have had them installed, new figures show.
Dozens of Government-funded electric vehicle charging sockets have been installed in Islington since 2022, recent figures suggest.
All neighbourhoods in Islington are at risk of dangerous heatwaves, new research suggests.
The hugely ambitious new public artwork THE HERDS arrived in London this morning and the animals can be seen in events across the city until Sunday 29 June...
The sun is out and the stats are in, Energy Saving Trust sheds light on solar installations and savings.
Islington Council has taken the top spot for progress tackling climate change, leading all other single-tier local authorities nationwide.
There were hundreds of solar panel installations fitted in Islington South and Finsbury homes as of March, provisional figures show.
Thousands of households in London benefit from Government’s plan for social homes’ energy efficiency
Thousands of households in London have benefited from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, new figures show.
A council-backed group of Islington locals have agreed a slew of priorities to drive the borough’s approach to the climate crisis.
London’s trees are suffering from droughts and diseases as the impacts of climate change are worsening, experts have warned at a City Hall meeting.
Firefighters attended thousands of flooding incidents in London last year, new figures show.
Sadiq Khan has admitted that London is still not on track to meet his target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Islington Council says it is working to ensure a giant incinerator it uses to burn rubbish and make electricity has “the best emissions controls” – after...
The number of public electric vehicle chargers drivers had access to in Islington rose by more than a third last year, new figures show.
Dan Levene, co-founder of Two Blues Solar, is among 14 businesses announced today as Start Up Loans’ 2024 Ambassadors.
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