Garden and Green

Boris Johnson - The London Mayor's Green Pledges

Nowhere is this website more popular than in London. Gardenandgreen.co.uk gets more visits from our great capital then anywhere else. Being such a huge city brings its own unique environmental problems and challenges. The very fact it is built in a flood basin being one of them. Only a few days before the election the basement of City Hall, on the banks of the Thames was flooded. In Shakespeares day much of the Embankent and South Bank would have been marshy wetlands, before the ingenious Victorians drained them.

The cities vast and burgeoning population also adds to the environmental issues facing the city. Congested roads, demand to build on precious greenbelt, water and sewage supply etc. So what did Boris Johnson pledge before he was victorious in the Mayoral contest about the environment. In case you missed it, here are his promises:

"City Hall should lead the improvements to London's environment and strongly support efforts to tackle climate change. Environmental issues will rank high on my mayoral agenda:

I will support the Low Emission Zone to improve air quality.

I will take a zero tolerance approach to littering and graffiting.

Some areas are better than others when it comes to cleaning their streets. I will work with underperforming areas to help them deliver cleaner streets for their residents.

I will protect and preserve our beautiful open spaces by working with local councils to ensure they are safe and pristine. I will plant more street trees.

I will work with local councils to improve our record on recycling so that it becomes a natural part of all Londoners' lives.

I will continue to work in association with other cities across the world to tackle climate change.

I will practice what I preach with a series of environmentally friendly measures to be adopted across the GLA family including: a ban on bottled water, a ban on internal flights, recycling, green procurement and sustainability.