The London Climate Resilience Review
The London Climate Resilience Review, chaired by Emma Howard Boyd CBE, has published its full and final report into London’s preparedness for climate impacts including heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires, storms, sea level rise and subsidence. The Review provides an assessment of London’s climate resilience and makes 50 recommendations for action to guide London’s preparations for more frequent and intense climate impacts.
The Mayor of London called for an independent review after parts of London received more than twice the average July rainfall in 2021, and Londoners died in 2022’s 40°C heatwave.
Alongside immediate dangers to people’s lives and livelihoods the Review found that government and businesses have not adequately planned for the disruption caused when severe weather impacts “cascade” through critical systems like healthcare, transport, energy and water.