How Nottingham is racing to be the UK’s first carbon neutral city. Transport, housing and energy use all being transformed in bid to hit zero emissions by 2028. Under a draft council plan published this week and going out to consultation on Monday, Nottingham has declared its intention to become the country’s first ever carbon neutral city. Transport, energy use, waste management and housing here will all be transformed in a bid to hit zero emissions by 2028 – a full 22 years before the government’s country-wide target. “If it stands still, we’re going to put a solar panel on it,” says Sally Longford, the Labour city council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for energy, environment and democratic services. “And, if it moves, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure it moves on clean energy.” If it sounds ambitious, Longford agrees. “But the world is in a climate crisis,” she tells The Independent at her home in the city’s Wollaton area. “It’s no good hoping it goes away. Ambitious is exactly what we have to be.”
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Sadiq Khan will promise to put London on a par with Scandinavian capitals by making it a carbon-neutral city by 2030 if he is re-elected as mayor of the capital later this year. The Labour politician’s pledge to tackle air pollution forms part of his first major pitch to voters in the upcoming mayoral race, in which he will go up against Conservative, Lib Dem, Green and independent rivals. Khan’s strategy to go carbon-neutral forms part of his vision for a “green new deal” for London, which he would roll out during a second term. This will involve a 10-point plan that will be outlined in his manifesto before the mayoral election on 7 May.
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