The Road To Copenhagen Update: Waltham Forest Council Responds
I promised to pass on the responses I received from the local council to the points residents raised at our recent community meeting with Ed Miliband MP. I've now received this first response, from Cllr Marie Pye:
"Many thanks for the detailed information. Certainly all of the feedback that I have heard about the meeting has been incredibly positive so thank you for organising this. In terms of the areas directly related to my portfolio I can assure you that we are in the process of looking at the various options for recycling in blocks of flats. This is an important priority for both myself and officers."
"Additionally we are working closely with private landlords to improve the quality of their dwellings and to increase the number of private sector properties which reached the decency standards. Reaching decency undoubtedly has a positive impact on the fuel efficiency of a property. As you know the government provided us with access to £92 million to undertake this work for council housing.
The other issue which does not directly arise relates to the linkages between climate change and community cohesion. As you know Waltham Forest Council was fortunate enough to get the RSA to host an expert seminar led by us on this subject last week. This was addressed by Jonathan Porritt, Helen Ghosh and Maria Adobawole. The linkages between these two issues are immense and we will continue to initiate and lead both discussion and action in this area."
If you have any comments or further questions about this please do get in touch with Cllr Pye.
"Additionally we are working closely with private landlords to improve the quality of their dwellings and to increase the number of private sector properties which reached the decency standards. Reaching decency undoubtedly has a positive impact on the fuel efficiency of a property. As you know the government provided us with access to £92 million to undertake this work for council housing.
The other issue which does not directly arise relates to the linkages between climate change and community cohesion. As you know Waltham Forest Council was fortunate enough to get the RSA to host an expert seminar led by us on this subject last week. This was addressed by Jonathan Porritt, Helen Ghosh and Maria Adobawole. The linkages between these two issues are immense and we will continue to initiate and lead both discussion and action in this area."
If you have any comments or further questions about this please do get in touch with Cllr Pye.
As the diplomats get stuck into negotiating at Copenhagen, you may also like to sign up to Ed Miliband's pledge to show the need for an ambitious deal in cutting carbon emissions across the world. You can also ask your friends to support the pledge.
Finally, thank you also to everyone from Walthamstow who took part in the Stop Climate Change Chaos Wave demonstration last weekend. Despite the rain over 40,000 people took part. That shows how important it is to the UK that we tackle climate change.
As part of this project, I am looking for volunteers to help in spreading information locally about how we can all cut our carbon footprint. If you would like to be part of this process please do get in touch.
As part of this project, I am looking for volunteers to help in spreading information locally about how we can all cut our carbon footprint. If you would like to be part of this process please do get in touch.
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