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===Energy policy===
As of 2006, London generates 42 million tonnes of [[carbon emissions]] per year, 7% of the UK's total. 44% of this comes from housing, 28% from commercial premises, 21% from transport, and 7% from industry.<ref>"[http://www.livingwithclimate.fi/linked/en/Bosteels.pdf London – planning for climate change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921002119/http://www.livingwithclimate.fi/linked/en/Bosteels.pdf |date=21 September 2006 }}", [[London Climate Change Agency]]. URL accessed 20 August 2006.</ref>

The Mayor's energy strategy<ref>"[http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/energy/index.jsp Mayor's Energy Strategy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925233424/http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/strategies/energy/index.jsp |date=25 September 2006 }}", [[Mayor of London]]. URL accessed 20 August 2006.</ref> planned to cut carbon emission levels by 20% by 2010 and 60% by 2050 (although achieving the first of these targets is unlikely).{{update inline|date=February 2013}} Measures taken to achieve this have included the creation of the [[London Climate Change Agency]], the London Energy Partnership<ref>{{cite journal| title=London planning for climate change| url=http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/energy/partnership-steering-group/index.jsp| publisher=London Climate Change Agency Ltd| date=July 2006| access-date=2017-08-15| archive-date=26 September 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926120345/http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/energy/partnership-steering-group/index.jsp| url-status=dead}}</ref> and the founding of the international [[Large Cities Climate Leadership Group]].

The London Sustainable Development Commission<ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/londonissues/sustainability.jsp London Sustainable Development Commission]. URL accessed 20 August 2006. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925234736/http://www.london.gov.uk/londonissues/sustainability.jsp |date=25 September 2006 }}</ref> has calculated that for housing to meet the 60% target, all new developments would have to be constructed to be carbon-neutral with immediate effect (using [[zero energy building]] techniques), in addition to cutting energy used in existing housing by 40%.