Support

Representation ID: 7151

Received: 22/09/2009

Respondent: Friends of the Earth

Should be renamed 'Climate Change', as relates to buildings, the spaces between them and wider landscape. Support policies proposed to address Climate Change, but believe they need developing.
Should: require land-use patterns that reduce need and propensity to travel by car
* restrict development which has major negative impact on CO2 emissions .
Difficult to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if population figures are allowed to increase.
Big challenge for carbon reduction is existing building stock. Policy needed to policy to ensure homeowners upgrade energy efficiency of entire property when building extensions.