note: We refuse to be guilt tripped into auto-austerity by governments, corporations and billionaires who knowingly cause 90% of the Climate and Biosphere collapse. We are ‘austere’ by conviction. It’s sometimes possible to live well and richly while rejecting the capitalist rat race. e.g. in our Collective we boast about not paying rent or electricity bills for the last 25 years!)
Lambeth council Citizens’ Assembly Lambeth Tackling climate change Lambeth. Lambeth is a big, busy, crowded area of south inner London, working class, mainly immigrant and descendants, with pockets of yuppification. Famous for the Brixton riots and anarcho squatters.
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A ‘Citizens Assembly’ have produced 13 recommendations on tackling climate change in the borough. Citizen’s Assembly’s 13 recommendations on tackling the issue in the borough of Lambeth
Lambeth council say the 50 residents – chosen by an outside organisation – were asked: ‘We are facing a climate crisis. “How can we work together in Lambeth to address climate change and its causes fairly, effectively and quickly?”
Their main recommendations (with others in full below):
TRANSPORT:
To reduce the number of journeys made using private vehicles, Lambeth council together with Transport for London should review existing public transport routes in the borough to ensure greener transport options are introduced effectively and quickly based on user need.
Organisations across the borough should encourage and enable cycling through development of better cycle routes and cycle storage. Lambeth council should play a co-ordinating role, working with: neighbouring local authorities (to ensure continuity at boundaries); local and national cycling organisations (for advice);
TfL (to support integration with the wider transport network); housing providers and developers (to provide more convenient cycle storage) and businesses, who should make it as easy as possible for their staff and customers to cycle.
Businesses and other organisations in the borough need to take full responsibility to immediately start operating with green transport methods when delivering their goods and services (including those who are sub-contracted by, for example, the council and other public sector bodies).
Lambeth council should work together with all other key transport actors, and representatives of vulnerable groups, to ensure more vulnerable groups can be supported when any changes to transport in the borough are introduced.
ENERGY USE:
Developers, housing providers (the council and others) and energy providers should be required to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the borough.Lambeth council should set targets on energy-related emissions in the borough which encourage residents, landlords, businesses and other organisations to improve their energy efficiency.
Energy providers should support and work collaboratively with Lambeth council on how best to increase awareness (and understanding) amongst the borough’s residents, businesses and other organisations on how to save energy and make their homes and commercial buildings more energy efficient.
Public sector organisations and big businesses should focus on reducing emissions relating to energy use in their own buildings and those companies to whom their services are outsourced or contracted.Taxation measures should be considered to encourage businesses in the borough to operate in an environmentally friendly way.
WASTE AND RECYCLING
Lambeth council should take the lead alongside big businesses in working with residents and organisations in the borough to minimise waste and increase recycling.CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT
Lambeth council should collaborate with residents, businesses, community groups and elected representatives to set up a system of ongoing monitoring, engagement and involvement in environmental issues in Lambeth.
GREEN SPACES:
Green spaces should be created and reclaimed for communities to use in promoting biodiversity and food growing. Lambeth council will need to coordinate this, working with community organisations, community service, schools, corporate sponsors and residents.
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT:
Taxation measures should be considered to encourage businesses in the borough to operate in an environmentally friendly way.
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Read The recommendations in full HERE
comment: The “solutions” proposed by this Assembly seem to be just a brainstorm list of things they suggest their City Council should do.
Climate change: Citizens Assembly recommendations
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