Just met the former US president - Bill Clinton. Persuaded him to visit Elephant and Castle when he's next in London.
Why there you may ask - with some justification? The answer is because this often-maligned patch of London is now at the cutting edge of combating climate change.
Plans for a multi utility services company there are at the core of a regeneration project that will involve the most advanced carbon neutral systems in the world. Untreated water will be drawn from a natural reservoir underground to meet a 100 per cent of non-drinking use. A biomass power plant will provide electricity to 5000 homes, the heat taken through water pipes across the entire development, the electric generated from steam turbines and gas engines. There'll be wind harnessed, solar panels and a string of high tech solutions to dazzle the world
"It's big. It’s very exciting" as President Clinton says, throwing the weight of his global climate initiative behind the Southwark-led scheme. I am exploring how I can contribute to this pioneering scheme alongside the ambitious plans I have at City Hall. I'm confident, as I've just told the summit, that London is on course to be one of the greenest cities on earth.
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