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148901848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area19Improved public health
148902848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area19Enhanced climate change adaptation
148903848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area19Enhanced resilience
148904848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Disaster preparedness
148905848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Resource conservation (e.g. soil, water)
148906848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Enhanced climate change adaptation
148907848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Improved resource security (e.g. food, water, energy)
148908848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Enhanced resilience
148909848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.11Co-benefit area20Improved resource quality (e.g. air, water)
148910848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress1Actions and progress are set out below: Develop decarbonisation plan for building stock to be net zero by 2030:Progress: A decarbonisation strategy for operational buildings was approved by Committee in November 2020 and an update provided in June 2021___We are investigating energy generation options across the council estate with a view to delivering a local/decentralised energy network. Where possible, we will invest in local energy creation projects, such as solar panels on council buildings. A renewable energy approach is being developed by our Property Services team. While Council buildings will be unable to solely operate using onsite renewable generation (such as Solar PV), their addition where necessary will reduce the need to draw power from the grid.The Council successfully bid for circa £300k of funding to deliver feasibilities and projects to deliver carbon savings via the Low Carbon Skills Fund and Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. This programme has an initial costing through March 2025 of £3,952,583 and annual carbon savings by 2025 of 82.5 tonnes (1,241,267). It is not possible to include final renewable energy production, but this is currently at around 6MWh per year and will increase. In 2020, solar PV on site generated 6MWh of electricity, saving 1.53tonnes CO2e and it is expected to generate similar amounts for the following four years. Under the decarbonisation strategy, projects have been shortlisted and prioritised to decarbonise the council’s building stock by 2030, with the inclusion of more solar PV and low carbon heating options such as heat pumps. Together with efficiency improvements to the fabric of buildings and installation of low energy LED lighting, for example, an initial programme of improvements through to March 2025 is expected to result in annual carbon savings of 82.5 tonnes. Use Climate Change Fund, Carbon Offset Fund and other funding sources such as Salix to deliver estates improvement Progress: These funds will be used to fund projects following energy audits and feasibility studies.Complete ongoing review of all buildings that we currently lease to ensure that we are using energy efficient properties:Progress: this is being considered as part of the decarbonisation strategy and forthcoming heat strategy for buildings. Develop a long-term plan for reducing emissions and improving the energy efficiency in Council owned properties which we currently lease to other organisations or are used by other organisations/tenants Progress: Planning includes the objective to encourage leaseholders to go beyond MEES standards to decarbonise leased buildings. Work has started to categorise the use of buildings and generate a priority list for action.Across the borough, deliver Phase 1 of Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme to retrofit homes rated EPC D, E, F or G and secure funding for Phase 2:Progress: delivery is in progress to upgrade the least energy efficient homes in the borough occupied by those on the lowest income., with Phase 1 due for completion in Q3 of 2021/22, when Phase 2 is due to start (funding secured). In total this programme costs £1,695,315 and expects to deliver annual carbon savings across the borough of approximately 300 tonnes (around 150 homes saving approximately 2 tonnes CO2 each year, or around 10,000 kWh).
148911848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress2Continue with programme to replace all our street lighting with LED and also use photo-electric control unit (PECU) arrays which will accurately calculate energy consumption.Progress update: The Street Lighting programme is a multi-year scheme for replacement and improvement to improve energy efficiency for street lighting across the Borough. Progress in the installation of columns and new LED lighting was disrupted for the first part of the financial year by lockdown restrictions and associated operational and logistical considerations. The pace of implementation has now recovered and progressed without significant disruption to team and contractor availability or material supply during the second and third national lockdowns in Q3 & Q4.
148912848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress3Identify and implement water saving measures that can be put in place across the organisation, including technological developments which may help to increase the efficiency of water use and investigate measures to monitor leaks and consumption Investigate water reuse approaches that could be used in Council buildings (e.g grey water and rain water)Maintain a rolling programme of leak detection and swiftly repairing water supply pipes to reduce leakage.Progress against these actions - Measures referenced in Decarbonisation Strategy. The Decarbonisation approach was agreed at Finance, Policy and Resources Committee in November 2020 and progress update supplied June 2021. The Council successfully bid for circa £300k of funding to deliver feasibilities and projects to deliver carbon savings via the Low Carbon Skills Fund and Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme., which include looking at water reuse. However, total costings for these measures and carbon savings are yet to be calculated.
148913848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress4Investigate ways to improve additionality in energy purchasing portfolio Purchase only renewable electricity Progress against this action - New energy contract in place from October 2020. REGO certification is purchased to match all electricity purchased on LASER contract, at a cost of approximately £7,000 per year. Explore alternative options for purchasing low-carbon gas Progress against this action – whilst the purchase of renewable gas options continues to be explored, removing reliance on gas is highlighted in decarbonisation strategy action: there has been a review of the installation of any new gas boilers as standard from April 2021 with a review of all scheduled works and switch to low carbon heat (e.g. heat pumps) where possible. Moving forward, robust assessments of technologies will be undertaken, and where it is not possible to install a low carbon heat source, a business case will be documented.
148914848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress5Ensure all buildings that require Display Energy Certificates (DEC) to show the public how well the building is performing year on year have them displayed, in accordance with legislation Progress: Energy audits of all our buildings have been completed and DECs are displayed in buildings as required. Note this is BAU and by itself does not reduce emissions, but improves transparency and enables us to prioritise decarbonisation projects. No costings or savings are therefore provided.
148915848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress6Encourage and support community energy schemes:Richmond has joined Phase 4 of the Solar Together London scheme. We carried out analysis to determine which addresses in the borough had the greatest potential for solar generation and 23,950 households across Richmond were written to directly to let them know about the scheme. Richmond had the highest number of registrations and take ups in London with 1,754 residents signing up to the scheme and 249 agreeing to an installation. Installations are currently taking place, with installations due to complete by October 2021. Cost of the scheme is less than £50,000 to the council but we have provided this as an upper limit. According to Energysavingtrust.org.uk, the average residential solar panel in the UK (4kW PV system) saves minimum 1.42 tonnes of CO₂ emissions, therefore we expect annual carbon savings to be a minimum of 354 tonnes or renewable production of around 846,600 kWh. The council is also seeking to support the creation of a community energy group as part of the climate week event in November 2021.
148916848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress7Develop a new Local Plan which places climate mitigation and adaption at its heart, with zero-carbon policies embedded across planning. This will include, but is not limited to: Encourage circular economy; Explore going beyond London Plan standards for carbon neutral developments, with offsetting a last resort; ensure developments are climate resilient and require the use of sustainable drainage and other flood management systems; maximise opportunities for on-site renewable energy generation and retrofit; use placemaking that prioritises sustainable travel and considers a 15-minute city approach to development; ensure green infrastructure is a key component of planning and results in biodiversity net gain; provide for monitoring of the effectiveness of the Local Plan through regular performance assessment against a series of quantitate indicators; require development to be ‘air quality neutral’ during construction and operation; require whole lifecycle emissions assessment from developers, circular economy statements and contributions to the costs of monitoring energy efficiency in line with the GLA’s ‘be seen’ hierarchy and monitoring guidance. Explore the possibility of introducing a requirement to monitor developments that have been built and completed, and whether they are achieving the required and agreed carbon emission reductions on-site, including identifying the additional resources required to so monitor development and the tools and resources required for enforcement.Progress: all these aspects are covered in the Direction of Travel Consultation which took place in 2020/2021 and the draft Local Plan is due for publication in Autumn 2021. Through decisions on planning applications, implement existing Local Plan policies on reducing CO2 emissions and sustainable design and construction standards, (Policy LP22). Promote and encourage development to be fully resilient to the future impacts of climate change in order to minimise vulnerability of people and property in line with local plan policy LP21.Production of the new local plan is in progress - Our new Local Plan considers enhanced green spaces with flood storage. Under the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document, approved on 2 June 2020, provision of flood risk management measures such as Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are already expected to be provided on-site and secured through conditions or a s106 agreement. https://www.richmond.gov.uk/media/ 19264/planning_obligations_spd_june _2020.pdf. In all applications for development, developers or applicants must include a statement outlining the proposed Sustainable Drainage System to be incorporated in the development, along with details for their long-term management and maintenance. Development is encouraged to be fully resilient to the future impacts of climate change in order to minimise vulnerability of people and propertyDevelopment is encouraged to be fully resilient to the future impacts of climate change in order to minimise vulnerability of people and property The council has also increased the Borough’s carbon offset price from £60/tonne of CO2 to £95/tonne.The precise carbon savings across the borough resulting from improvements to the Local Plan and planning documents have not been calculated. Cost of developing the Local Plan is approximate.
148917848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress8Build on EV infrastructure, install additional lamppost and other points subject to resourcing, commissioning and approvals required Progress against this action - New lamp column charging points, funded by the Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles (part of DfT and BEIS) were installed Q3 2020/21, In Richmond, 369 chargepoints (sockets) have been installed to date. The Council continues to promote the transition to clean transport, progressing the roll-out of electric vehicle charge points. Under the Council’s new Transport SPD and Sustainable Construction Checklist, agreed on 2 June 2020, development should make provision for 100% active electric vehicle parking. Developers should demonstrate that the development would be able to operate satisfactorily in the future expectation of all vehicles being electrically powered. Additional charging capacity will be delivered through 2021/22; numbers to be determined (and subject to successful bids to OZEV to boost the spending power). These may not necessarily be lamp columns and could deliver a smaller number of faster chargers to provide more overall capacity. Source London: Planning is currently as site selection stage for a Phase 4. Wards that have significant gaps and areas with high demand will be prioritised. Estimated number of chargepoints for Phase 4 is 24 sockets across approximately 8 sites with each of the sites consisting of 3 chargepoints. The borough now has over 250 lamp column chargepoints. More than 800 requests for lamp column charging have been received all across the borough; future rollout likely to be based on a mixture of high-demand areas and filling in gaps where provision is relatively low, as agreed by the Transport and Air Quality Committee (5th November 2020). A new programme of installation of 75 lamp post charge points is planned for summer 2021. The council is in partnership with Siemens and EV charging provider Ubitricity. Number of EV street charging points will then be approximately 450.This is an ongoing programme over several years with costs spread over time and part-funded by Defra. Emissions reductions are difficult to quantify as this is an enabling measure.
148918848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress9Change our parking policies to persuade people to use less polluting vehicles and to lower the number of vehicles on the roadProgress against this action - Review into potential implementation for differential parking charges to discourage use of polluting vehicles is ongoing and is to be updated to reflect changing transportation activities and needs following impact of COVID-19, including the potential use of diesel surcharges. Pilot reallocation of kerbside on street car parking to alternative uses, such as cycle parking and storage; parklets and trees.Work with car club providers to improve availability of car club vehicles subject to the market and any approvals required Progress against this action - There are 73 car club parking spaces in the borough for “back-to-base” operations, with services provided by two operators, Zipcar and Enterprise Carclub. A review of operation from dedicated on-street bays has been deferred until late 2021 in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected this market, e.g. when unnecessary travel has been restricted. In the meantime the council agreed a contract with Zipcar Flex for free-floating cars, which launched in summer 2021. A discounted rate for EVs has been proposed to incentivise deployment; around 25% of Zipcar Flex vehicles are pure EV and the firm has ambitions to make the Flex fleet fully electric by 2025.
148919848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress10Work with schools to encourage use of public transport, walking and cycling to school - Implement School Streets programme and develop plans for expansionProgress against this action - During the COVID-19 first lockdown three school streets were rolled out prior to return to school in June and another 14 implemented by October 2020. Schools cycle parking proposals put forward and funding being sought. Assessment of COVID-19 to inform future plans with schools.
148920848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress11Our new Contract for Recycling and Refuse Collection and Associated Services is now in place, with regular updates delivered to Committee on contract performance. A major focus for the new contract is the enhancement of recycling opportunities, providing for additional collections to be introduced throughout the term of the contract. There have been some contract performance issues in the early stages of this contract, chiefly missed collections but also some reports of food waste being mixed with general waste. These reports have been taken very seriously and improvement plan is now in place with the contractor. We have sought to improve options for kerbside collection of recycling materials and for mixed commercial container recycling. Weekly twin sack collections for (i) paper/card; and (ii) mixed containers are now operating successfully at two locations in the borough. Capital funding has been secured from the West London Waste Authority to support the introduction of a commercial food waste recycling service, currently scheduled to commence by the end of Q2 2021/22. Opportunities to enhance existing textile bank recycling provision have been limited by Covid restrictions and many of the contractor Traid’s staff being furloughed. Nevertheless, a new textile bank has been installed at a pre-existing recycling bank location that previously only catered for paper/card and mixed containers in Sandycombe Road, KewWe are also seeking to expand our recycling options including Saturday recycling collections and improving the capacity of public recycling sites. A new Contract for Street Cleansing and Associated Services is now in place for an initial period of seven years commencing January 2022. The procurement process factored in the Council’s climate objectives: specific emphasise for this contract and the relationship with the Council’s Climate Emergency Strategy included the mention of carbon footprints and carbon emissions with reference also to plastic waste and the circular economy. This included the disposal of waste collected and use of low emission or electric service vehicles, plant and equipment to help improve local air quality and noise management. The tender proposed included a qualitative assessment of the use of low emission or electric vehicles over and above minimum legal requirements. The provider uses electric street sweepers.
148921848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress12Roll out food waste collection to all suitable flats not covered by the 2019/20 trial. Approach informed by completed Food Waste Stream Value Mapping process work undertaken with West London Waste Authority (WLWA)Progress against this action: This trial was expanded from 516 flats to 1,268 flats in November 2019. This approximates to a full day’s work for a single collection crew and vehicle on Saturdays. The Council is now committed to rolling this service out to all other flats (where practicable) during 2021/22 as part of its Climate Emergency Strategy Action Plan commitments. On average during both Q2 and Q3 2020/21, 0.66kg food waste was collected per flat served per week. In Q4 the figure was 0.65kg. This exceeds the target of 0.60kg/flat per week but is down from 0.78kg/flat/week in Q1 2020/21 and from 0.80kg/flat/week in Q4 2019/20.Operate a Commercial food waste collection service Progress against this action - Funding has been secured from WLWA to support the introduction of this service during 2021/22 for up to 540 businesses. This funding will cover the cost of two 7.5 tonne vehicles required to deliver the serviceExpanding recycling options including Saturday recycling collection, improving the capacity of public recycling sites Progress against this action - Proposal to increase the frequency of collections from selected public recycling sites has been developed and costed in conjunction with council contractorLooking at future options for operation of the Civic Amenity site including Upcycling and Re-use facilitiesImproving options for kerbside collection of recycling materials and Improving options for kerbside collection of mixed commercial container recycling Progress against this action - Where appropriate individual household kerbside recycling options have been investigated and introduced i.e., along a section of the Richmond Road introduced in November 2020. Mixed commercial collection in bags to be considered later given the issues affecting commercial outletsExplore viability of more on street recycling for textiles Progress against this action - Progress has been delayed by COVID-19 measures; however, this is being explored through the contract with TRAID for the remaining contract period. Ongoing for length of contract
148922848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress13Actions: Publish vision for how the borough can be single use plastic freeRaise awareness across Richmond of the ten most common consumer single use plastics items and how to reduce their useWork with local groups and champions to support plastics free community campaignsWork with businesses to encourage refill points in shops to reduce single use plasticSupport schools with information and action they can take around reducing plastic useEncourage community events to have a ‘green’ plan – for waste / recycling / single use plasticsWorking with pubs in the borough to participate in cup deposit scheme to replace single use plastic cupsProgress: Since the launch of the Waste and Recycling campaign, a suite of social media content has been developed, with the objective of taking residents on a journey through thinking about their food waste and its impact. A podcast was recorded with West London Waste and a local food waste group. In late April, a bulk order of food waste caddies arrived and from early May the campaign will run some programmatic advertising to direct people to order a caddy and then target them with messages about using the service and reducing their food waste.In March 2021, a campaign tracker survey was run to understand residents’ awareness of Council services, attitudes towards food waste and reported behaviours. This data has been analysed and fed into the development of targeted comms throughout the rest of the campaign and provide a benchmark to measure the success of the Campaign (two further tracker surveys will be run during the campaign).The Council also supported delivery of the GLA’s National Food Waste Action Week communications, gaining 435,186 impressions, 817 post engagements and 340 clicks.As part of the broader One World Living programme, a pan-London initiative to tackle consumption based emissions, Richmond area leading the work-stream on plastics to develop and co-ordinate implementation of key actions across London. Richmond also has active work underway to develop a sustainable procurement toolkit, jointly commissioned with West London councils, to reduce emissions from the supply chain. The council also works to encourage the adoption of circular economy principles for local business and raise awareness amongst residents, including running an event as part of London Circular Economy Week in June 2021 showing local businesses and informing residents about how the circular economy can be applied to their daily lives.
148923848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress14Encourage reduction in waste through education, improved communication materials and campaigns Progress - Waste campaign delivered to encourage people to take waste home from parks. Working with SWLEN and select Friends Groups in parks with high volumes to create personalised posters in parks to ask people to bring their waste home and recycle where possible. Composition analysis of waste materials collected to determine recycling habit and practices of residents and influence campaigns Progress against this action - Food Waste Stream Value Mapping process work has identified areas for improvement. Composition analysis was completed on household waste in Spring 2020. This found that 36% of residual waste from flats and 42% from houses is food waste. Building on the information from this mapping, a food waste campaign was held in Spring 2021 to encourage residents to minimise the amount of food waste that they produce. The campaign included a podcast with representatives from local community groups highlighting the huge impact that food waste has on carbon emissions. This is supported by extensive information provided on our website to support residents. In late April 2021, a bulk order of food waste caddies arrived and from early May the campaign has run programmatic advertising to direct people to order a caddy and then target them with messages about using the service and reducing their food waste.The Council also supported delivery of the GLA’s National Food Waste Action Week communications, gaining 435,186 impressions, 817 post engagements and 340 clicks
148924848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress15Raise awareness and promote behaviour change around idling.Progress: Idling social media campaign delivered in Q1 of 2021/22.Electrification of trading sites funded and due for completion Q3 2021/22: Priority outcomes are to remove idling vehicles (i.e. food vendors using their engines to power fridge/freezer/cooking equipment) and generators from the borough associated with street trading. Reducing pollution and improving health. It will also reduce complaints and fulfil an action in Richmond’s Air Quality Action Plan, the delivery of which is itself a requirement under the Richmond Climate Emergency action plan: under the Air Quality Action Plan, following complaints by about the impact of ice cream vans on air quality, the Council has committed to reducing diesel emissions from vans serving ice cream and require all non-itinerant food vans with licensed pitches to plug into an electrical source. It is also a precursor to a change in street trading policy and using this agenda to push for cleaner business recovery. Research carried out by Possible in 2019 sent 12 volunteers wearing air pollution monitors for a day to visit an ice cream van at some point. The results showed that buying an ice cream exposed the volunteers to the highest levels of particulate pollution for the day of the experiment. Air pollution monitors also showed that the highest levels of pollution were inside the van, whilst outside the van, the highest levels of pollution were 2-5 metres around it. Levels of dangerous black carbon particulates were 2 to 10 times what scientists consider ‘high’. Children, who breathe lower where the pollution is more concentrated, are more vulnerable. Drivers of vans may also be impacted by the expansion of the ULEZ in October 2021 to the South Circular as their vehicles are unlikely to comply with the emissions requirements. By providing electricity to licensed sites, the Council enables those local businesses to switch to the cleanest, and ULEZ compliant vehicles.Carbon savings would also be considerable and calculable. Carbon savings relating to static operation (based on 8 hours operation per day): •30.55 kg CO2 / day / vehicle•11.15 tonnes CO2 / year / vehicle •156 tonnes CO2 / year for all 14 sitesCarbon savings relating to driving to and from site – based on 10 miles travel to and from site: •3.2 tonnes CO2 / year / vehicle•44.8 tonnes CO2 / year for 14 vehicles Annual carbon savings: 156.1 tonnes of carbon for static operation (the same as taking 56 average cars off the road each year), plus 44.8 tonnes of carbon saved for 10 miles travel to and from the site per day if the vehicles used are swapped for fully electric alternatives (or taking 16 average cars off the road each year). Total 201 tonnes carbon annually (72 cars). This compares to annual carbon emissions from Richmond Council vehicle fleet (over 100 vehicles) of approximately 1,174 tonnes CO2. The power used by the traders will be provided by the Council under its new utilities contract, which provides 100% clean, zero carbon, renewable electricity.
148925848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress16Work with TfL on preparing for the implementation of the ULEZ Progress against this action - The council engaged fully with the Mayor and TfL in the implementation of the LEZ and all consultations, including the T (toxicity) charge, implemented in the central congestion charging zone in October 2017 and then ULEZ, implemented 24/7 in central London in April 2019. Also engaged with the proposed extension of the ULEZ to the North and South circulars from 25th October 2021. A paper on the ULEZ went to the Transport and Air Quality Committee in September 2020Identify high pollution areas and potential implementation of Clean Air Zones in those areas Progress against this action - In partnership with 11 other boroughs and the Cross River Partnership, in June 2020 the Council secured Defra funding for Clean Air Villages 3, a year-long project to improve air quality by helping businesses recover from COVID-19 in a clean, green and sustainable way. Richmond Town Centre, including the shopping area in East Twickenham, has been selected for the project. Businesses will be invited to engage with the project through workshops, webinars and meetings, as well as trialling sustainable delivery methods – for example eCargo bikes and electric vans – and/or coordinating waste collections to be more environmentally friendly. Clean Air Villages 4 was launched in Q1 2021/221 focused on reducing emissions from last mile delivery. Further funding was provided this year for ecargo bike schemes across the borough, for use my residents or businesses and to support local shops to switch to clean modes of delivery. These ecargo solutions will be used through this and next year, with a view to scaling up these projects on a larger scale. These various projects are funded by a combination of local climate change fund and the Department for Transport in central government. Costings are approximate.
148926848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress17Deliver the Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) Progress against this action – We have an established biodiversity action plan, launched in 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtdKb4fbxh0 . Ongoing delivery of the action plan is monitored by the Richmond Biodiversity Partnership and led by local organisation Habitats and Heritage. https://habitatsandheritage.org.uk/our-work/parks-nature/richmond-biodiversity-partnership/Raise awareness and promote behaviour change around importance of biodiversity and actions that can be taken to done to help (e.g. not concreting over front gardens, planting native species in gardens, encouraging wildlife) Progress against this action – This forms part of the work of the Biodiversity Partnership. The communications output of the Council over the past year has been heavily focused on Covid and vaccination messaging, however this remains a message that we will aim to promote as our communications output is now widening. Support schools to ‘rewild’ areas of their grounds e.g. parts of their playing fields - During lockdown and the subsequent lifting of lockdown, schools have focused on ensuring social distancing and the safe return of pupils. Where schools are interested in this approach, we are happy to facilitate and we expect more interest in future.Cease installation of artificial grass on Council facilities (with the exception of purpose built sports facilities). This is an ongoing policy position. New actions this year to our action plan are to minimise impact of lighting on biodiversity by limiting our use of floodlighting at Council controlled sports venues and working with local sports venues to reduce their use and to review our street lighting approach to ensure minimal impact on biodiversity.
148927848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress18Actions and progress:Identify key impact areas for tree planting, with a focus on mitigation of climate change effectsDeliver ecosystems services study and engage local groups in study, implement tree planting strategy informed by the studyPlant additional trees across the boroughProgress against this action - Work to realise the actions as outlined in the specific tree planting committee paper is under way. For the financial year ending March 2021, we planted approximately 525 trees.Encourage planting of appropriate trees in private gardensProgress against this action: - Design guide principals for an on-line portal, where residents can register interest in tree planting and plot in the required location. have been discussed between the trees and highways teams. Messaging around tree planting on the web pages to be finalised in advance of 2021-22 season, with an emphasis on the borough wide survey to identify tree planting potential.Identify and celebrate Veteran and Heritage trees through link to great London trees and include in educational material and walks.Utilise Friends Groups to help the community support and nurture trees in their local area.Progress: Over the 2020-21 planting season 211 trees have been planted in the 4 wards identified as being in the lower canopy cover range. 123 of these trees were part funded by the Government initiative (Urban Tree Challenge Fund). A total of 101 trees were planted in parks, these included new schemes at Carlisle Park, Heathfield Recreation Ground, Murray Park, Kneller Gardens, Chase Green, School House Lane, Suffolk Road Recreation Ground and Ham Common. The Council has been working with the Richmond Society to produce a ‘Great Trees of Richmond’ book, meetings are planned to progress this project during 2021.The cultural reforesting programme aims to renew our relationship with nature. The programme aims to be solutions focussed and will work with a range of artists and partners carrying out research on Orleans House Gallery grounds and across the borough. For 2021 this will involve an exhibition and artist research. A draft woodland management plan for Barnes Common has been produced and is currently being finalised for implementation.Successful funding has been awarded as part of the climate change steering group bidding process. Just under £1M has been awarded to allow for repair of former tree sites that require highway repair, this will allow for the replacement of up to 500 vacant tree pits across the borough. The programme deliver period is over three financial years and is being finalised for publication in May 2021. Additional funding has been made available to fund a survey of the borough’s highways, parks and open spaces to identify tree planting potential and funding was agreed to support the management of the native black poplar. Native black poplar is a rare and endangered tree within the United Kingdom with an estimated 7,000 trees left remaining. Richmond is fortunate to host over 70 specimens, this includes 44 mature specimens that are of national importance due to unique genetic identity. In order to protect this rare species of tree, our Climate Change Fund has awarded funding to produce a strategy specifically designed to protect this species of tree, and to produce a specific management plan for the species in the borough. This management plan will be accompanied by a leaflet informing residents about the value of this species, and once recommended, actions will be taken to protect black poplars across the borough. This builds on the fantastic work delivered in partnership with the Friends of Barnes Common to support a black poplar nursery. See link: https://barnescommon.org.uk/conservation/species-management/black-poplar-project/
148928848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress19Further encourage use of and promote benefits of parks and open spaces Progress against this action - Ongoing programme of improvement to parks and playgrounds.Identify improvements to parks facilities in partnership and consultation with Friends Groups and borough residents - All major projects are consulted upon. Where there is an active friends’ group, they are always consulted as well as Ward Cllrs and the Chair and Vice-Chair of the ESCS CommitteeContinue to trial non-chemical weed treatments for turf in parks Progress against this action - Trial ongoing with Street Cleansing Team – informing parks approach. Minimal glyphosate usage at presentIncrease the area of meadows in parks Progress against this action - Change in grass cutting approach has resulted in an increase of natural meadow areas in the Borough. New meadow areas created.Naturalise existing meadows Progress against this action - All existing meadows that were in a good condition have been encouraged to naturalise by a number of ‘cut and collect’ exercises being carried out. This occurred at Crane Park (three meadows there), and Ham and Murray Park.Leave highways verges to naturalise in suitable areas which will only be cut and collected once a year to improve biodiversity valueReduce usage of peat in parks by trialling peat-free hanging baskets Progress against this action - Trial underway with multiple display types being peat free. Contractor is monitoring performance and reporting monthly. Trial will need to be replicated in future years to allow for comparisonUndertaking soft market testing for the possibility of the next floral display contract beginning in 2021 Progress against this action - Our grounds maintenance contractors do not use peat so any new planting we carry out or replacements are peat free.
148929848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.12Action description and implementation progress20Identify opportunities for reducing runoff and improving storage capacity and highlight to businesses and residentsIdentify sources of funding and assistance for retrofitting roofs on residential and commercial buildings with green or blue roofsCampaign for water waste meters for all households and businessesExploring the costs and opportunities for trial rain gardensProgress: The Beverley Brook Flood Resilience Project includes opportunity mapping - identifying and mapping schools, community centres, youth centres, community buildings and sports facilities in the catchment. Mapping these buildings and facilities will help inform the project of potential for SuDS and NBS at these locations. Focusing on these types of properties will also provide valuable opportunities for community engagement and learning. Together with the baseline risk modelling this will help in identifying opportunities for residents to take action at property level to increase resilience to flood risk.This project will seek to galvanise support amongst the local communities affected for the infrastructure changes that provide mitigation against and adaptation to flooding and encourage complementary action by residents.This is part of the £6m Defra funded Innovation Flood Resilience project mentioned elsewhere.
148930848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status1Feasibility finalized, and finance partially secured
148931848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status2Finance secured
148932848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status3Feasibility undertaken
148933848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status4Finance secured
148934848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status5Finance secured
148935848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status6Feasibility undertaken
148936848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status7Finance secured
148937848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status8Finance secured
148938848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status9Feasibility finalized, and finance partially secured
148939848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status10Finance secured
148940848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status11Finance secured
148941848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status12Finance secured
148942848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status13Finance secured
148943848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status14Finance secured
148944848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status15Finance secured
148945848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status16Finance secured
148946848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status17Finance secured
148947848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status18Finance secured
148948848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status19Finance secured
148949848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.13Finance status20Pre-feasibility study status
148950848474Richmond CouncilUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandEurope5. Emissions Reduction5.4Describe the anticipated outcomes of the most impactful mitigation actions your city is currently undertaking; the total cost of the action and how much is being funded by the local government.14Total cost of the project16000000

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