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You are invited to join Cross River Partnership for Session 11 of CRP’s Connect 4 Series – The Innovative Built Environment

This online event is taking place on Thursday 24th November, 4pm – 4:45pm. The speakers for this event are:

Peter Murray, Co-Founder, New London Architecture
Adam Tyndall, Transport Programme Director, BusinessLDN
Fiona Coull, Programme Manager, Cross River Partnership
Rachael Aldridge, Communications Project Manager, Cross River Partnership

Change is coming on London’s roads. People and goods are making different journeys and technological developments are bringing new and innovative ways of travel to our city. Join for a discussion with New London Architecture and BusinessLDN around how the built environment and way we travel is changing!

CRP will be launching a new case study into river freight, which details a trial completed as part of the Clean Air Logistics for London programme in summer 2022. This case study includes key statistics and emissions savings from the pilot, such as how to set up your own, plus operations, costs and learnings. Initial figures show that there was a 78% saving in NO_xand an 88% saving in CO₂transporting the goods via river rather than via road.

Look forward to seeing you there!

CRP and partners have been working hard to deliver the Defra-funded Clean Air Logistics for London (CALL) project.

Here’s some of the things we’ve achieved over the last few months!

This month we published our first CALL case study, which details the CRP River Freight Trial! It provides all the key information about setting up a pilot, as well as the amazing impact it had on local emissions.
Working with London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to develop a sustainable deliveries hub at the Chelsea Harbour Estate. The hub has been approved and we are hoping to install the infrastructure in January … watch this space!
We have identified two potential vessels to retrofit and are in the process of finalising the details.
Working with London Borough of Lambeth to support their electric vehicle (EV) charging strategy, providing funding for EV chargers across the borough.
Working with the Port of London Authority to reinstate the Woods Quay River Freight Trial to carry out monthly deliveries at much larger volumes. We are hoping the trial will restart early in the new year.
Working with The Fitzrovia Partnership to carry out a walking freight trial. We have been given all the relevant permissions from London Borough of Camden and the Metropolitan Police. We have also identified several potential spaces to run the trial!
We have been working with Westminster City Council, London Borough Islington and London Borough of Southwark to identify potential micro hub sites. Sites have been found in all three boroughs and we are now looking to set up trials.

For more information, please contact CRP Programme Manager Fiona Coull (fionacoull@crossriverpartnership.org).

“We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.”

This is the sobering opening statement from Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary General at the opening of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.

Nobody can doubt the seriousness of the situation. Everybody can play their part in trying to fix it.

CRP continues to blaze a trail as a Climate Champion, launching its most recent behaviour change tool this week – Sustainable Steps. This is a business-facing tool to encourage better practices that make environmental as well as economic sense.

At a more local level, CRP is removing polluting traffic from the streets of Brixton via a Micro Consolidation Hub supported by Impact on Urban Health and Brixton BID. Look out for PedalMe cargo bikes making clean deliveries to Brixton businesses!

CRP has also this week supported collaborative trans-national funding applications that are all about Driving Urban Transitions – watch this space!

Our congratulations go to Federated Hermes Limited and Finance Earth on their appointment as managers for the Big Nature Impact Fund. As per the announcement from COP27 on 17th November, this is ”a new public-private fund for nature in the UK which will unlock significant private investment into nature projects.”

If you have any ideas for collaborating to improve the environmental sustainability of our planet, please get in touch! CRP Director Susannah Wilks, susannahwilks@crossriverpartnership.org

Living Wage Week was celebrated 14th – 20th November. With prices rising at an alarming rate, the real Living Wage has never been more important in helping staff during the cost-of-living crisis.

Paying the living wage and providing security in work by providing guaranteed hours can have a major impact on the lives of employees, along with paying them the living wage for the work they do.

Over 11,500 businesses have already pledged to pay the living wage, why not join them by becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Speed limits of 20mph are being introduced along more roads in Bath to improve air quality. This is hoped to improve walking and cycling in the area. This is the first time 20mph speed limits have been used on busier roads outside of the city centre that predominantly carry through traffic.

New speed limits will be introduced on 14 new roads in the city. The changes follow a consultation last year, in line with the Government’s Gear Change plan.

Councillor Manda Rigby, cabinet member for Transport said: “Keeping our highways as safe as possible for everyone is a priority for us and reducing vehicle speeds on these roads will help with that.

“We want these new speed limits to encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling as part of our Journey to Net Zero ambitions. Many of us are familiar with 20mph limits, which have been introduced in built up areas in towns and cities across the country and bring benefits to residents living in those areas.”

Article and image from Public Sector Executive

Suffolk County Council have announced that they are nearing completion on a project to replace streetlights with more sustainable alternatives.

The programme will see the council aiming to replace all of the 43,400 streetlights across the county with longer-lasting, more sustainable, cost effective LED alternatives. Not only will this reduce carbon emissions and light pollution, but it will also reduce the monetary expenditure through a lowering of maintenance costs for the council.

The council has announced that the project has already saved over £2.5 million so far, with more expected as the project comes a conclusion.

Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Ipswich, Operational Highways and Flooding, Councillor Paul West, said:

“It has been very exciting to see the incredible progress made on the LED streetlight replacement over the past 15 months. Our partner contractor has shown such resilience throughout which has resulted in a very well-managed programme and successful progress.

“The shift over to these new LED lanterns has enabled the council to save a considerable amount on energy costs and supported our organisations ambition to become a carbon-neutral organisation by 2030.

“I would like to extend my congratulations and thank you to all those working on this project and ensuring its resounding success. I look forward to seeing its continued positive impact in the coming years as we reap the benefits of stronger, cheaper and more environmentally friendly streetlights.”

The council entered a partnership with a global company that would deliver the project, which currently sees around 1,700 upgrades yet to be completed. The council is hoping that 1,200 of them will be completed by the end of 2022.

Another major benefit of the project is that the upgrades will allow the council to have greater control over its own energy consumption. This will not only reduce running costs, but will also automatically flag any lights that aren’t working correctly, reducing the number of night-time inspections needed to discover any faults.

Check out all the support available through the City of London Corporation, including City Advice to help you manage everyday problems, Healthy Start Vouchers and the Emergency support scheme.

Last week, Forbes reported that a survey of 5,000 UK households showed 91% of adults had reported an increase in their living costs compared with a year ago, while almost three-quarters say that costs have become more expensive in the last month alone. Local governments are providing as much support as they can to their residents.

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War has exacerbated the crisis, but the pandemic, climate change/environmental concerns and supply chain problems have also contributed to it.

London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is offering services from free school meals to free adult social care and working with partners to help locals. The council has given £240,000 in grants to 36 local organisations helping residents with the cost-of-living crisis. A third of the funding is for pensioners, while another third is for households with children under 19.

Click here for more information, or subscribe  to the Climate Emergency newsletter, Climate Connects, for useful articles on initiatives.

London Borough of Lambeth’s Household Support Scheme can help if you’re a resident facing hardship, a crisis, emergency or disaster, including struggling to pay bills or afford food. The scheme provides in-kind support such as vouchers.

London Borough of Lambeth can help households meet living costs through high street vouchers, food vouchers, fuel payments, second-hand furniture, refurbished white goods, a handy-man service and removals/storage service.

On 1st October 2022, energy prices for most households increased by 27% and the weather is getting colder. The Mayor of London’s Warmer Homes Programme offers grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 for heating, insulation and ventilation improvements for low-income Londoners who own their homes or rent privately and live in an EPC D-G rated property.

The Mayor is actively working with local authorities and voluntary sector organisations to promote the programme and welcomes support to ensure that eligible households in all London communities are able to access funding. The programme has received over 1,000 eligible applications to date.

Warmer Homes will run until 31st March 2023 and early application is recommended to benefit from the scheme before colder weather hits.

Archives: News Articles

CRP’s Connect 4 Series: Session 11

November Update: Clean Air Logistics for London

CRP’s Reflections on COP27

Living Wage Week

Speed limits in Bath to improve air quality and safety

Millions saved through streelight sustainability

City of London Corporation Support

Support from London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

Lambeth’s Household Support Scheme

Greater London Authority: Warmer Homes