Merton's Climate Change Plan, presented at the full council on 9th July was more of an audit than strategy and sadly lacked ambition and innovation.

It's surprising given that Merton used to have a reputation for sustainability in pioneering the Merton Rule when officers created the policy that all new buildings must have 20% renewable energy.

It showed that the Labour council is not practicing what it preaches across the environmental piste. The council for example is nowhere near generating 20% of renewable energy on their own buildings.

But this aim is not hard to achieve, given the Government's financial incentives for energy conservation and solar panel feed in tariffs. Yet the renewable energy generation figures for the council are pitiful.

And they have no strategy at all for reducing carbon emissions from transport, the biggest area of pollution.

To reduce very harmful particulates and nitrogen oxides, we want to see incentives like free parking for zero emission/low emission vehicles, free CPZ permits and free parking on meters and of course, finally, some electric vehicle charging points.

Again, a vehicle-driven Merton rule should be established with an aim of 20% of all cars registered in Merton should be zero or low emission.

That will minimize pollution, which is higher than legal limits.

As Conservatives, we never support policies that lack ambition. We await an improved climate change plan.

Improved recycling targets of 50%, new ideas to encourage carbon free motoring, more renewable energy around the borough, protection for all green space when through planning policy there is none.

There is a lot more to go through, but we don't have space in this letter. But in conclusion, every page of the climate change plan was piffle and waffle when we need pith and action.

Councillor David Dean; Spokesman for the environment, Merton Conservatives

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