00:00From the floating harbour to Durdham Downs, Bristol's green ambition runs deep.
00:06The city has committed to hitting net zero by 2030.
00:10That means slashing carbon emissions from homes, transport and businesses.
00:15Bristol was the first UK city to declare a climate emergency back in 2018
00:20and is now investing over £400 million into clean energy, housing and sustainable transport.
00:27But with the clock ticking, the big question is, can we get there in time?
00:33Getting from A to B in Bristol is going green.
00:36More than 60 kilometres of new cycle lanes have been added since 2020
00:41and e-scooters now cover most of the city.
00:46I mean, just thinking of Bristol immediately, it's trying hard, but it's not the best.
00:51Like, I think it could be more friendly with cycle lanes,
00:54like then fewer people would be driving.
00:56It's quite a car-heavy city from, like, what I see
01:00and, like, the bit that I'm usually hanging out in.
01:04So, yeah, I think, like, that always helps.
01:07And there's still, like, a lot of traffic in Bristol,
01:10so I guess it can't be that green,
01:12otherwise, like, people would be cycling more and using the buses.
01:15Well, I walk across the Downs, so that's very green there,
01:18but it's the Down dwellers that are spoiling it, really spoiling it.
01:22The City Council wants four in ten journeys to be made by bike, foot or public transport by 2030.
01:29It's a bold target, but if the city's clean air zone and low-traffic neighbourhoods keep expanding,
01:35it just might happen.
01:37Heating our homes is one of the biggest sources of emissions,
01:41and Bristol's tackling it head-on.
01:43The city is rolling out insulation, solar panels and heat pumps in thousands of properties.
01:49More than 90,000 tonnes of carbon could be saved every year if the city hits its energy.
01:55Oh, well, where we are, I still think it...
01:58I would have said that we've still got a big traffic problem,
02:04and I think something's radical got to be done.
02:07Bristol called itself the cycling city at one point,
02:13but I feel that was just a few marks on the road,
02:16and the cyclists were pushed into the gutter.
02:19So they're at last doing something about that.
02:23I think the recycling malarkey is a shambles,
02:28and when you do recycle,
02:32you're not quite sure it's going off to West Africa to be burnt in Africa.
02:39We're exploiting, rather, and exploiting.
02:46No, I think they do quite well.
02:47I mean, look around here.
02:48It's in the middle, so you've got some trees,
02:50and that was really nice.
02:52So it's good.
02:52Do you know what I would say is, like, frequency of bus routes?
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