London Climate Action Week is back again for 2024. This year the climate-focused week takes place from June 22 until 30.
It’s a week dedicated to finding solutions to climate change, with events taking place across the capital.
Amid the climate crisis, Londoners are sure to be wondering what they can do to help cut emissions in the city.
Find out below what is happening for London Climate Action Week and how you can take part.
What is London Climate Action Week?
London Climate Action Week was founded in 2019 by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. It is the largest independent climate gathering in Europe.
The week was established after Mr Khan declared a climate emergency in London, following a series of scientific reports that warned of the scale of climate change. It brings business leaders, NGOs, and politicians together to explore solutions to climate change.
London Climate Action Week also aims to showcase London as “the leading example of how the whole of society can together shape and drive climate action”.
What are the themes of this year’s Climate Action Week?
There are three themes this year: delivering net zero and resilient London and UK, financing global climate transitions and mobilising whole of society climate action.
Where is London Climate Action Week?
LCAW events will take place at the Design Museum, British International Investment, the government’s development finance institution, the Guildhall, and many other sites.
For those who can’t make it to London, several events will be held online.
For a full schedule of LCAW events, check the LCAW website.
What is London doing to fight climate change?
The mayor’s office has established a number of initiatives that aim to fight climate change in London.
Sadiq Khan has set goals for his plan that include aiming to be a zero-carbon city and having a fleet of buses in London that are entirely emissions-free by 2030, installing air pollution filters in primary schools, creating over 40,000 new public bike parking places, and more than doubling the number of electric car charging stations to 40,000 by the same year.
Along with helping schools achieve net zero, he has also promised to expand his School Streets initiative, which would restrict car access outside schools during drop-off and pick-up, and to boost an existing programme to make homes and offices more energy-efficient.
Labour's more comprehensive climate promises for London include planting more trees, increasing investment in walking and cycling, and generating jobs in the green industries.
Mr Khan has also expanded Ulez to cut air pollution in the city and intends to retrofit homes to become ultra-low carbon.
