News and Events Categories: Built Environment

Creating an urban heat service for London

June 9, 2021

Through the Strategic Priority Fund’s UK Climate Resilience Programme the Met Office has funding to develop a prototype urban climate service to meet urban user needs for managing heat risks in cities.  This service is in early development and comprises two parts – the first is an urban “Heat Pack” that comprises a set of factsheets providing … Read more

Urban climate resilience: tackling microclimates and dwelling overheating

June 7, 2021

A joint LCCP/Buildings and Cities event The design of our cities, streets, open spaces and homes impacts on the local climate (microclimate) as well as on the health of citizens.  Compact urban form is often argued to be a more sustainable approach, but can cause adverse consequences on local microclimates, with localised cascading impacts on … Read more

Job opportunity: Communications Officer, Parks for London

May 13, 2021

Parks for London, which is evolving into a Centre for Excellence to support London’s parks and green spaces, is recruiting a Communications Officer. It’s an exciting opportunity to help shape and develop new approaches to championing green space at a time when parks and green spaces are in the spotlight. Find more information and an … Read more

LCCP Update 11 May 2021

May 10, 2021

Met Office Industry Climate Week  From 24-28 May the Met Office will be sharing content from climate scientists and partner organisations about what industry leaders are doing to adapt and transition to net zero, and what the latest climate science means for business and industry. On 25 May there will be a webinar on using … Read more

ICE London Infrastructure Workshops

March 17, 2021

ICE London Infrastructure workshops Tuesday 23 – Tues 30 March 2021 Ahead of the London Mayoral Election on Thursday 6 May, ICE London is holding a series of online workshops to collect the views of ICE members and stakeholders in the built environment to on what the Mayor’s infrastructure priorities should be. Our five key … Find out more

New London Climate Risk Mapping

The GLA has released a new mapping tool to analyse climate exposure and vulnerability across London. These maps were produced by Bloomberg Associates in collaboration with the GLA and with input from LCCP partners. The purpose is to help the GLA and other London-based organisations deliver equitable responses to the impacts of climate change and target … Read more

Net Zero is Not Enough

November 12, 2020

Future of London event Coinciding with London Climate Action Week (14–20 November), this webinar examined what more we could – and should – be doing to mitigate the impacts of climate change.  View the video recording here. Throughout 2020, FoL’s major programme, Achieving Net Zero, has been exploring how housing, regeneration, infrastructure and economic development will have to adapt in order to deliver the … Read more

The Cityscape and the Climate Emergency: toward collaborative action

LCCP organized this event to bring together experts from across disciplines (and continents) to explore the challenges of adapting to climate change in our complex and interconnected urban environments. We heard about why net zero poses risks to healthy indoor environments, how greening has benefits for health and adaptation, how the Green Finance Institute plans … Read more

Workshop series: Creating a Nature-Based Solutions Framework

July 16, 2020

UKGBC is running a two-year Increasing Nature-based Solutions programme to enable more ambitious industry targets and increase the application of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban areas for climate resilience and environmental net gains. This is designed to help the built environment sector achieve the ambition, that “By 2030, all buildings and infrastructure will, throughout their lifetime, be climate resilient and maximise … Read more

Nature-Based Solutions for the Climate Emergency

This event will launch a new report from the IGNITION project, focusing on data to help organisations make informed decisions about the types of urban nature-based solutions (NBS) available and how these can help meet sustainability objectives. The project team will present key findings of the report and answer questions. Speakers Dr. Rachel Morrison, Nature-based Solutions Advisor, Greater … Read more