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London is a resilient city, but climate impacts are testing that resilience. Extreme heat, intense rainfall, and sea level rise are translating into risks across the capital. Water scarcity, #heatwaves, #flooding and #wildfires are already leading to loss of life, and damage or disruption to the infrastructure we all depend on. It will get worse unless we design for the future. That is why the final report of the #LondonClimateResilienceReview, published today by Emma Howard Boyd CBE and her team, is such an important step in preparing London for increasing climate impacts. It looks at what is currently happening in the city, examining our climate resilience today, and asks the big question: what more do we have to do? This is a call to organisations across London to take action – we need radical collaboration. Everyone has role play - businesses, schools, community groups, local and national government. Its also a call to other cities to follow the Mayor of London's lead and look at how climate change is affecting your city. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/es2ThKqf
Today we published the interim report of the #LondonClimateResilienceReview which says that London is underprepared for #climate impacts like #flooding and #heatwaves and calls for a step change in the UK’s #climateadaptation. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e9ih3Gzi London has many good plans and programmes to prepare for climate hazards but we need to recognise that Londoners now face lethal risks, and a step change is needed. Last year was the hottest on record and this is causing chaos and disruption all over the world. London is not immune, as shown by the flash #floods in 2021 and 40C #heatwave in 2022. I am really pleased that the Mayor has agreed to support an extreme heat exercise to prepare for even more severe heatwaves than we saw in 2022. This is a positive step that will help London organisations plan to protect more Londoners in future shocks. In the absence of national leadership, regional government has a more significant role to play. We need pace not perfection. It’s time for the UK, led by its cities and regions, to take action and prioritise adaptation. That is an opportunity to make the UK economy more climate resilient, to protect the most vulnerable, to preserve all that we love about London and to show leadership to other cities nationally and globally. #RacetoResilience #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Infrastructure #Water #ClimateResilience #Resilience #ExtremeWeather Photo credit: https://lnkd.in/dUQgbM4E
Structural Engineer, Director at KSA Consulting
1moCaroline Field