As the London Climate Resilience Review has recently been published its report into London’s preparedness for climate impacts including heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, and subsidence, AtkinsRéalis played a key role in helping to develop the review’s methodology, and shape the recommendations and final report. In this article, they set out why the calls for action from the review need to be taken forward in London.
The London Climate Resilience Report is an important piece of work, which was ordered by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, after thousands of properties flooded when London received more than twice the average July rainfall in 2021, and vulnerable Londoners died in 2022’s 40°C heatwave.
According to the firm, the Review sets out quite clearly the immediate dangers to people’s lives and livelihoods and has found that government, businesses, and public services have not adequately planned for the disruption and damages caused by climate extremes.
London and cities like it are facing grave risks from climate change, which is why AtkinsRéalis supports the urgent call for action to safeguard vulnerable communities and position London to be a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient city into the future.
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