News and Events Categories: Local Authorities
UKCP18 Briefing
October 10, 2018
The 2018 UK Climate Projections (UKCP18) will be a major upgrade to the range of UK climate projection tools designed to help decision-makers assess their risk exposure to climate. The project will build upon the current set of projections (UKCP09) to provide the most up-to date assessment of how the climate of the UK may … … Read more
Urban Albedo: digital tools for urban resilience and growth
September 5, 2018
The Urban Albedo project, which aims to create an urban albedo calculation tool to help planners, urban designers, architects, engineers, and others cool the city through good design and selection of building materials. This event, marking the first day of Green Great Britain Week, provides an opportunity for urban practitioners and planners to learn about … … Read more
Responding to Hot Weather Events in Cities
May 9, 2018
As part of a program of research on responses to climate change, Surrey University is developing a research project on perceptions of and responses to hot weather events in cities. In partnership with Surrey and the British Sociological Association, we are organizing a workshop to help set the direction and the form of the … … Read more
Heat Risk in London Group
April 30, 2018
Featured presentations from the GLA GI focus map, a new heat-related Surrey University fellowship, and a project on urban albedo. For more information, contact Kristen.
Earth Observation Data and City Adaptation Monitoring
February 2, 2018
We’re delighted to invite partners and stakeholders to a workshop bringing together world-class expertise in Earth Observation research and decision-makers from across sectors to support climate change adaptation in London. The workshop, convened by the London Climate Change Partnership and the Space4Climate group, will include three keynote talks to set the context and then a … … Read more
Climate Just Take 2
January 5, 2018
February 16, 2018 City Hall, London The Climate Just team at the University of Manchester are delighted to present the new version of Climate Just, three years and 25,000 users after the original launch in February 2015. We hope that stakeholders from public service providers will join us for some insightful presentations, lively debate and … … Read more
Heat Risk in London Group, February 5
December 20, 2017
LCCP’s Heat Risk in London group will hold its next meeting on February 5, from 13:30 to 16:30 in London. Topics of discussion will include: Relationship between heat and indoor air quality New work on Climate Just Learning from URBANFLUXES and Triple Jeopardy Mapping projects If you are interested in attending, contact Kristen. Meeting papers: Heat … … Read more
URBANFLUXES demonstration meetings
November 20, 2017
URBANFLUXES project information The URBANFLUXES project will run two demonstration meetings on December 6, one for scientists and technical stakeholders, and one for decision-makers concerned with reducing urban heat, improving thermal comfort, and improving energy efficiency. H2020-Space project URBANFLUXES (URBan ANthrpogenic heat FLUX from Earth observation Satellites) investigated the potential of Copernicus Sentinels to distinguish … … Read more
Infrastructure interdependencies workshop March 10
February 14, 2017
LCCP, in partnership with London Resilience and TfL, are pleased to host a half-day workshop on 10 March 2017 at City Hall, where we will use London Resilience’s Anytown methodology to explore interdependencies within the critical systems that our city depends on for its day-to-day functioning. Understanding and being able to articulate these interdependencies and potential cascading … … Read more
Climate Resilient Communities Conference
February 5, 2016
The Climate Resilient Communities Conference showcased best practice from around the country with regards to implementing successful community resilient schemes. … Read more