Today marks 40 years since the late Queen officially opened the Thames Barrier in 1984!

The Thames Barrier’s future is encapsulated in the Thames Estuary 2100 plan, setting out the management of flood risk in the Thames estuary to the end of the century and beyond.

🎉 ENTRIES OPEN 🎉 Ford RideLondon FreeCycle!

The ultimate ride for cyclists of all ages, abilities and backgrounds. Set on a traffic-free route. Join us on Sunday 26 May and explore central London by bike.

It's completely free to take part!

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London is a global leader in climate and environmental action. We will go even further for our young Londoners.

By making our air and rivers cleaner and our environment greener, we’ll give every Londoner the opportunity and conditions to grow, flourish and thrive.

This week on the Cities 1.5 podcast, host David Miller T.O. keeps us in the Arctic a little longer. He speaks to legendary Inuk advocate Sheila Watt-Cloutier about her work protecting the indigenous culture & communities of the north.

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Happy birthday to a true legend of conservation! The one and only Sir David Attenborough turns 98 today.

Thank you for continuing to inspire us, Sir David 💚

Hooray for the humble hedge. It's National Hedgerow Week!

A much overlooked street inhabitant is the hedge. It doesn't just add visual appeal, it also:
🥁Reduces noise
🚗Captures pollution
🐞Creates an environment for wildlife
🫧Reduces localised flooding
😎And creates a sense…

As he begins his historic third term in office, @mayoroflondon pledges to ensure London becomes ‘a byword for opportunity’ again as he promises to build the fairer, safer, greener city that the capital’s communities deserve.

The Grow Back Greener Fund is part of the Mayor’s work to make London greener and wilder for everyone!
Hear from some of the great community projects Core Arts Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston Polka Theatre about their experience.
#GrowBackGreener
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LDNMayor Environment

Underground, overground, bus or tram—however you like to travel around London, here’s 10 ways we’re making our capital’s transport system the best in the world.

Our Lady of Grace Infant & Nursery School, featuring the largest of the SuDS schemes Brent have introduced with funding from the Mayor of London

The rain garden extends for the full frontage of the school and is critically part of Brent Council wider School Street scheme

London's latest Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services (LCEGS) report is now published, showing London's green economy is back to pre-pandemic levels

Main highlights:

🌳London's LCEGS is worth £50bn
🌳310,000 employed in the sector

Read it 👇

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To see how the Mayor of London is working to make London a greener, cleaner and healthier city for all to live in, visit, and enjoy 👇

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Can you believe it? It's nearly 5 years since London became the world's first National Park City🌳
For information👉nationalparkcity.london to read further on where the grassroots movement for everyone making Londoner greener, healthier and wilder began
London National Park City* Shirley Rodrigues

NEWS: Tolworth Court Farm to become one of London’s leading rewilding nature reserves 💚🎉

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Mayor of London #RewildLondonFund , ZSL, we can now make the site an even more valuable nature reserve.

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Read here a blog posted by Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy, on the work that has been delivered through Mayor of London's London Environment Strategy to make London a healthier, cleaner, and better place for all to love and enjoy 🌳🌍♻️ Green Alliance

The Mayor of London and London Assembly elections are taking place on Thursday 2 May 2024. For information follow @LondonElects.

#LondonVotes

🥳Yay! Our Rewilding the Rom project has been shortlisted for the ‘Reach Scale’ category of the The RRC's UK River Prize award. We have been able to work with our volunteers and partners to make the Rewilding the Rom project a great success. ⬇️🧵