Isabel Margaret Dedring (born 10 August 1971) is a British politician. In 2016 she was appointed Global Transport Leader at Arup. Previously, Dedring served as the

Mayor of London The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current ...

’s Deputy Mayor for Transport, and the former Environment Advisor. As Deputy Mayor for Transport, she set policy and supervised transport programme delivery. The Mayor of London serves as Chair of

Transport for London Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in London, United Kingdom. TfL is the successor organization of the London Passenger Transport Board, which was established in 1933, and His ...

, and Dedring served as Deputy Chair. As Environmental Advisor, she was responsible for developing policies and delivering programmes to improve London's environment. Environmental programmes overseen by Dedring include: :* Re:New, a London-wide programme of home retrofit to help Londoners cut their energy bills carbon emissions (reaching 200,000 homes from late 2010) :* The Mayor’s Electric Vehicle Delivery Plan, including installation of 7,500 charge points across London in the next 3 years :* New investment in

green infrastructure Green infrastructure or blue-green infrastructure refers to a network that provides the “ingredients” for solving urban and climatic challenges by building with nature.Hiltrud Pötz & Pierre Bleuze (2011). Urban green-blue grids for sustain ...

including 10,000 new street trees and the ‘Help a London Park’ programme :* The £114m London Green Fund, which uses public sector investment to catalyse private investment in London’s

low-carbon economy A low-carbon economy (LCE) is an economy which absorbs as much greenhouse gas as it emits. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to human activity are the dominant cause of observed climate change since the mid-20th century. There are many proven ...

:* Low Carbon Zones, 10 communities across London committed to deliver 20.12% carbon reductions by 2012 :* Re:Fit, a programme to retrofit London’s public sector buildings :* Delivery of the Mayor’s four statutory environment strategies (energy, waste, adaptation, air quality). :* The

Garden Bridge The Garden Bridge project was an unsuccessful private proposal for a pedestrian bridge over the River Thames in London, England. Originally an idea of Joanna Lumley, and strongly supported by then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the designer T ...

that wasted £43m of public money. Dedring previously worked as the Director of the Policy Unit at

where her work had a strong focus on climate change. Previous roles include Chief of Staff to London's Transport Commissioner, four years at

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in London and two years running the inward investment team in

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’s

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office. Dedring received her undergraduate education from Harvard University and has a law degree from

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. She is a qualified U.S. lawyer. She speaks German, French and Russian.

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