Greater London Authority (GLA)
The GLA is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. Three functional bodies — Transport for London, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority — are responsible for delivery of services in these areas.
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London Green and Blue Cover
Greater London Authority (GLA)The GLA have produced a dataset that provides a more accurate estimate of the extent of the London’s green infrastructure - the city’s parks, gardens, trees, green spaces, rivers and wetlands, and features such as green roofs. The green cover layer was created by combining classified near-infrared aerial imagery (NDVI) with land use datasets and resulted in a green cover estimate for London of between 48-51 percent. The baseline is pre... - Updated a year ago
London Building Stock Model (LBSM)
Greater London Authority (GLA)The Mayor is committed to cutting fuel poverty and increasing the energy efficiency of buildings across London. To help target where action is most needed, the Mayor has developed a London Building Stock Model with the UCL Energy Institute. The London Building Stock Model is a database of all the energy and carbon data collected through the Mayor’s energy programmes and policies. It provides a snapshot of all London’s buildings (both do... - Updated a year ago
London's Zero Carbon Pathways Tool
Greater London Authority (GLA)London’s Zero Carbon Pathways Tool shows four ways that carbon emissions might be reduced to net zero by 2030. The Tool, developed by Element Energy, accompanies the report “Analysis of a Net Zero 2030 Target for Greater London” also written by Element Energy. This report should be read in conjunction with the tool for an explanation of the assumptions behind the four pathways. In the Tool, energy and carbon results are presented by sec... - Updated 2 years ago
Air Quality Monitoring Sites
Greater London Authority (GLA)Location of monitoring stations from- London Air Quality Network (https://www.londonair.org.uk/LondonAir/General/about.aspx)- AQE (https://www.airqualityengland.co.uk/)- Breathe London (These monitors are part of a new study in London called 'Breathe London'that is testing out lower cost monitors across the city, for more information on the Breathe London project please see here-https://www.breathelondon.org/)A range of pollutants are t... - Updated 2 years ago
Inequalities and Environmental Action
Greater London Authority (GLA)This report and dataset were commissioned by the Greater London Authority, and produced by Centric Lab to uncover the work of community groups that connect with environmental issues in Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. These four boroughs were selected as they have some of the highest representation of multi-ethnic low income communities who were greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Many reports highlighted the... - Updated 2 years ago
Isle of Dogs and South Poplar Integrated Water Management Plan
Greater London Authority (GLA)An Integrated Water Management Plan (IWMP) for the Isle of Dogs and South Poplar Opportunity Area prepared by the Greater London Authority in partnership with LB Tower Hamlets, also encompassing the ‘East of Borough’ area adjacent to the River Lea. The IWMP considers the constraints and opportunities for sustainably managing water supply, demand and drainage in the study area in the context of the significant residential and commercial ... - Updated 3 years ago
Public attitudes and behaviour – GLA poll results February 2022 Retrofitting
Greater London Authority (GLA)Representative survey of Londoners, to understand awareness of and attitudes towards retrofitting. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1122 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 31st January – 4th February 2022. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all London adults (aged 18+). - Updated 3 years ago
Green Skills Adult Education Provision in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)The GLA commissioned independent research into the green skills which are expected to grow in demand as London moves to net zero. It uses GLA Economics’ Identifying Green Occupations to identify green skills currently being funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB), along with relevant Level 4 and 5 qualifications and apprenticeship data. The report includes interviews with employers and providers which capture some of key chall... - Updated 3 years ago
Identifying Green Occupations in London
Greater London Authority (GLA)This workbook contains supporting data and information that sits behind GLA Economics Working Paper 99. It sets out a working list of 'green' UK SOC2010 occupations (at the four-digit or unit group level). These occupations have been identified based on a mapping exercise between US (O*NET) and UK (SOC 2010) occupational taxonomies using a crosswalk derived from the LMI for All API. This exercise involves a degree of judgement and the ... - Updated 3 years ago
London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (LAEI) 2013
Greater London Authority (GLA)The LAEI 2013 has been superseded. Click here for the full list of releases. The LAEI 2013 was published in 2016. However, due to revised road transport emission factors (COPERT 5) the data has been further updated in April 2017 (see 4.1 and 6.1) Estimates of key pollutants (NOx, PM10, PM2.5 and CO2) are included for the base year 2013 and projected forward to 2020, 2025, and 2030. Emissions for previous years 2008 and 2010 are a...