Businesses are front and centre of Sadiq Khan’s ambitious plans to create “the greenest city in the world”, the London Mayor told edie as he unveiled detailed proposals to improve the capital’s air quality. Khan’s wide-ranging action plan to tackle toxic air in the capital forms part of a broader mayoral strategy to ignite a “clean energy revolution”, with the ultimate aim of running London on 100% green energy by 2050. Khan, who succeeded Boris Johnson in May, has previously pledged to create more plug-in points for electric vehicles (EVs) and implement “clean bus corridors” across the city as ways to reach that goal. Today, Khan also underlined his support for plans to develop a new business district in west London which could transform the capital into a global centre for cleantech development, with the Mayor insisting that innovation and technology will play a key role in accelerating Britain’s green economy. “Innovation and technology are crucial,” Khan said. “With technological advances, electric car batteries now run far better than they did five years ago. We’ve got to use this innovation to make sure we encourage people to change their behaviours, and I’m sure we can do that.”
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