Our second Quick Fire Talks event on Transport was held at the Impact on Urban Health offices on Thursday, 1 May. Five speakers from across Lambeth presented their concepts, findings, and lessons learned.
Our third Quick Fire Talks featured short presentations from Lambeth-based organisations and businesses with experience in freight, cargo bikes, air quality and decarbonising our transport systems. Participants heard about ongoing projects and experiences from peers in the sectors and then had the opportunity to network, build relationships and create awareness of local initiatives.
Councillor Rezina Chowdhury, Deputy Leader of Lambeth Council and Cabinet Member for Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air, introduced the Lambeth Climate Partnership and the links between London Growth and supporting businesses on their decarbonisation journey.
Elliot Quin, Climate Response Strategy Manager at Lambeth Council, launched the new Freight and Servicing Strategy, inviting businesses and organisations to contribute to the development of the new strategy to make sure the future of freight and delivery in Lambeth supports all.
Nicolas Collignon, Co-founder and CEO of Kale AI, spoke of his experiences with e-cargo bikes in London, how we can learn from our European cities that have begun to transition to net-zero delivery means, and his company Kale AI, which provides fleet logistics and optimisation support.
Oliver Lord, Head of Strategy at Clean Cities Campaign, discussed the European-wide campaign and how it’s helping cities and organisations transition to alternative transport modes. The campaign seeks support to petition the Mayor of London about electric van exemptions.
Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer, Net Zero Manager at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts, discussed their air quality monitoring project in the cargo and loading bays of the hospitals and how they are collaborating with suppliers to decrease idling and emissions.
