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Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across London.
2026
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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2026) — Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%- East London is at high risk of extreme flooding – here’s how to limit the damage, theconversation.com (Feb 11, 2026)
- How a London energy co-op is trying to bring power to the people, thenews.coop (Feb 06, 2026) — We speak to Giovanna Speciale, CEO of South East London Community Energy, about its work towards an inclusive transition
- What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out, Aditya Chakrabortty, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026)
- Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed
- Judi Dench backs campaign to protect London’s green spaces from developers, theguardian.com (Jan 21, 2026)
2025
[edit | edit source]- From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames, theconversation.com (Dec 08, 2025)
- London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’, theguardian.com (Jul 07, 2025) — “LTNs have led to considerable reductions in road traffic injuries inside their boundaries for all road users – from pedestrians and cyclists to drivers. At the same time, concerns about nearby main roads becoming more dangerous aren’t supported by the evidence.” Dr Jamie Furlong
- Stampede in Soho: puppet animals on an epic trek bring wonder and warning to London streets, theguardian.com (Jun 28, 2025)
- How a community-focused vision for net zero can revive local economies, theconversation.com (May 06, 2025)
- Londoners are swapping cars for bicycles at a rapid pace, data shows, theprogressplaybook.com (Apr 29, 2025) — If recent trends persist, the city says cycling will overtake motor vehicles as the main mode of transport within the next two years
- Power to the people: the rise of community energy, positive.news (Apr 01, 2025)
- 'A library is more than a place with books, it is a lifeline', BBC News (Mar 18, 2025)
- New free London Underground map helps cyclists to discover the city’s green spaces, positive.news (Mar 17, 2025)
- Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion, theguardian.com (Mar 07, 2025) — People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
2024
[edit | edit source]- The grassroots-based Islington Climate Centre is running People’s Assemblies on practical challenges brought by climate crisis - heatwaves and flooding, Daily Alternative (Oct 31, 2024)
- All hail the greengrocer buses tackling the UK’s food deserts, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 09, 2024)
- London’s new urban greening structure is a ‘garden for insects and people’, positive.news (Sep 17, 2024)
- A community food supply, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Aug 14, 2024) — Urban farms are bypassing supermarkets to create their own local food systems and connect communities. Robbie Armstrong reports
- Expanding London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) has improved air quality and reduced harmful emissions from cars and vans says City Hall, BBC News (Jul 25, 2024)
- Value in the meantime: the social enterprise transforming London’s empty buildings, positive.news (Jul 23, 2024)
- What are the embryonic initiatives that quickly and radically transform society? Maybe ours will be gardens, suggests Greg Frey, Daily Alternative (Jun 06, 2024)
- Thames21 welcomes Government’s plan to ban plastic in wet wipes, thames21.org.uk (Apr 22, 2024)
- Five years of a car-free Thames crossing, wearepossible.org (Apr 10, 2024)
- All hands to the pumps: the colourful rise of community-owned pubs, positive.news (Mar 05, 2024)
2023
[edit | edit source]- Greenwich: Closed pub reopens as community hub, BBC News (Dec 15, 2023)
- Revealed: the UK’s ‘best’ new buildings, positive.news (Oct 23, 2023)
- SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds, theguardian.com (Oct 16, 2023)
- Charity uses carbon credits to make more homes energy efficient and greener – and it’s genius, bigissue.com (Oct 07, 2023)
- Baby beaver born in London for first time in 400 years, theguardian.com (Sep 30, 2023)
- ‘I call it botanarchy’: The Hackney guerrilla gardener bringing power to the people, theguardian.com (Sep 28, 2023)
- Clean air ‘a right not a privilege’, says London mayor as Ulez is expanded, theguardian.com (Aug 29, 2023)
- The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets, positive.news (Aug 03, 2023)
- Zimbabwe’s therapeutic ‘friendship benches’, coming to a city near you, positive.news (Jul 26, 2023)
- ‘In at the deep end’: ditching the car for a cargo bike on the school run, theguardian.com (Jun 19, 2023)
- A model for senior living? London’s commune for older women, positive.news (Jun 14, 2023)
- Cultural connections in the classroom, Wicked Leeks (Jun 08, 2023)
- Where property prices are set by what local people earn, BBC News (May 01, 2023)
- Beavers to return to London as part of urban rewilding, The Guardian (Mar 21, 2023)
- London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year, The Guardian (Feb 19, 2023)
- London to gain new garden in the sky, as the Camden Highline gets green light, camdenhighline.com (Jan 20, 2023) — Planning approval has been granted for the first section of the Camden Highline, running from Camden Gardens to Royal College Street. It will see the transformation of a section of disused railway into a new elevated urban park for London. The project is now set to offer much-needed green space to underserved communities, while creating a new global attraction for London, akin to New York’s High Line.
2022
[edit | edit source]- "What if the only important work left is to care for each other and care for the planet?" asks Greenwich's Care + Planet, The Daily Alternative (Dec 01, 2022)
- Money to grow: radical policy helps UK communities green their own spaces, The Guardian (Nov 25, 2022)
- Amazon's e-cargo bikes and walkers to eat into London carbon footprint, newatlas.com (Jul 04, 2022)
- Communities need a say in reviving 800 dead spaces across London, Siân Berry, london.gov.uk (Jun 06, 2022)
- Majority of residents think Staveley Rd barrier is a success, chiswickcalendar.co.uk (May 30, 2022)
- Islington Climate Emergency Centre – a movement is growing, realmedia.press (Mar 29, 2022) — "The science is clear. It's not those fighting to put food on the table who need to fix this mess, right? It's the high consuming communities, high consuming individuals who need to act furthest and fastest." Tom Bailey, TakeTheJump.org
- A "makerspace" can be more than just crafting. London's Bloqs shows how it can boost local economy (and autonomy), The Alternative UK (Feb 07, 2022)
- Camden calls for sites that could deliver Community led housing, communityledhousing.london (Feb 02, 2022)
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