Climate change is having an effect on the UK. In Southwark, total emissions from carbon dioxide are 1,074 kilotonnes (enough carbon to fly 1 million planes from London to New York).
We estimate that:
- 75% of emissions come from buildings (mainly residential homes or industrial and commercial buildings)
- 18% of emissions come from transport, with 88% of traffic on our streets being cars or taxis
- 6% of emissions come from waste disposal and we only recycle 35% of a potential 60% of what we throw away
We are working to make Southwark carbon neutral by 2030. Our climate resilience and adaptation strategy identifies 5 climate threats and how we're tackling them in Southwark.
