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The London Environment Strategy - overview

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  The Mayor published the London Environment Strategy (LES) as a draft on 11 Aug 2017, open for consultation until 17 Nov. This post summarises the section relating to Green Infrastructure. I’ve given more details on this section in an extract . Links to the GLA website are at the end of this post. I will publish comments on the strategy in a later post. Introduction The Mayor sets out a bold ambition - “ to make London the greenest global city ” - which means that this strategy could be important for those who care about London’s wildlife and the green spaces that support it. The LES sets a direction for London to be greener, cleaner and ready for the future. It is an integrated strategy that covers air quality, waste, noise, climate change mitigation and adaptation - as well as green spaces and biodiversity. Although 47% of London is classified as green or blue open space, almost half of Londoners have poor access to parks. Added to which, Councils now have les