#environmental-initiatives

#environmental-initiatives

The Great Green Wall of China, initiated in 1978, is one of the largest projects aimed at greening drylands, spanning about 45% of northern China. It aims to protect against desert encroachment and is expected to be completed by 2050.

Jane Dodds has promised to protect the NHS by investing 300m in social care, extra help for childcare, and to ensure that 'not a penny' is spent on moves towards Wales leaving the United Kingdom.

The grant was given to the council by San Jose Water for wildfire resilience efforts in the Call of the Wild and Chemeketa Park communities in Los Gatos.

The 2025 Sustainability Fund offers grants for Haringey residents to enhance environments and communities, with a total of £5,000 available for exceptional projects.

The new online map devised by Haringey Council shows the number of trees already planted over the last year, aiming for every neighbourhood to achieve 30% tree cover.

'Keeping Bexley clean and green is a top priority for the council and this gum clean-up activity, along with other initiatives such as investing in new smart litter bins specifically for gum and cigarette butts, will help make our borough a greener place to live in and an attractive place for visitors and businesses to thrive.'

Pro-Palestine campaigners have described Lewisham Labour's decision to remove a councillor from a committee after months of campaigning as a "betrayal of progress and accountability".