Climate Change Cities Collaborate
31 May 2006
The issue of climate change was high on the agenda at the State ofLondon Debate, organised by the Mayor’s office and attended bythousands of London citizens.
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While we've taken every precaution to ensure that the content of this article remains intact, it may contain errors.The issue of climate change was high on the agenda at the State of London Debate, organised by the Mayor’s office and attended by thousands of London citizens.
Ecologist and Alternative Nobel Prize winner Dr Vandana Shiva, on the platform alongside Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron and Stephen Tindale, Greenpeace Director, congratulated the London Authority saying: ‘This is what democracy should look like. If decisions about our energy use, our food systems and our transport systems were made in this way all the time, we would not be having the problem of climate change.
‘I believe the problem of climate change is in part a problem of a totally undemocratic economic system implemented through undemocratic political systems. Therefore, dealing with climate change also involves reclaiming democracy.‘
The Deputy Mayor, who has been tireless in her pursuit of greening the capital, gave a comprehensive run-down of the steps that the London Government is taking, such as low carbon fuel for buses, decentralised low carbon energy systems for London and removing the barriers to renewable energy for use in homes.
Last year the London Government brought together 20 of the world’s largest cities from developed and developing countries to share best practice. Nicky Gavron explained:
‘In everything that we have done, we have learned from other cities. We are setting up a programme of collaborative action so that we can all raise our game. Some 75 per cent of energy is consumed in cities. If the world’s largest cities crack it, we will be a long way forward.
‘In the end, the biggest players in these partnerships are all of us, as citizens in the way that we shop, work and run our lives. We have only a very small window of opportunity ñ seven to ten years. So spread the word: proselytize and mobilise as there is not a moment to lose!‘
Contact: Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor, The Greater London Authority, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA.
Website: www.london.gov.uk
Below: Nicky Gavron
Photo: © www.mpa.gov.uk
Ecologist and Alternative Nobel Prize winner Dr Vandana Shiva, on the platform alongside Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron and Stephen Tindale, Greenpeace Director, congratulated the London Authority saying: ‘This is what democracy should look like. If decisions about our energy use, our food systems and our transport systems were made in this way all the time, we would not be having the problem of climate change.
‘I believe the problem of climate change is in part a problem of a totally undemocratic economic system implemented through undemocratic political systems. Therefore, dealing with climate change also involves reclaiming democracy.‘
The Deputy Mayor, who has been tireless in her pursuit of greening the capital, gave a comprehensive run-down of the steps that the London Government is taking, such as low carbon fuel for buses, decentralised low carbon energy systems for London and removing the barriers to renewable energy for use in homes.
Last year the London Government brought together 20 of the world’s largest cities from developed and developing countries to share best practice. Nicky Gavron explained:
‘In everything that we have done, we have learned from other cities. We are setting up a programme of collaborative action so that we can all raise our game. Some 75 per cent of energy is consumed in cities. If the world’s largest cities crack it, we will be a long way forward.
‘In the end, the biggest players in these partnerships are all of us, as citizens in the way that we shop, work and run our lives. We have only a very small window of opportunity ñ seven to ten years. So spread the word: proselytize and mobilise as there is not a moment to lose!‘
Contact: Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor, The Greater London Authority, City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1 2AA.
Website: www.london.gov.uk
Below: Nicky Gavron
Photo: © www.mpa.gov.uk
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