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Our climate action plan

The actions we will take to make Southwark a better place to live. Read a summary of our priority areas or download the plan in full.

Natural environment

There are important links between our natural environment and climate change. We have award-winning parks and open spaces that are important to our communities, and support lots of different plants and wildlife. 

By protecting and enhancing these we will improve our resilience to the effects of climate change. This will make the borough greener and healthier.

Trees

We will:

  • plant and maintain more trees

Biodiversity

We will:

  • enhance our streets and green spaces to increase biodiversity
  • monitor and manage our natural environment in a healthy way

Flooding

We will:

  • protect people and buildings from flooding

You can download and read the full action plan as a pdf.