March 7, 2022
IPCC Report: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability You’ll have seen by now that the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment (AR6) Working Group II published its findings last Monday in a report called “an atlas of human suffering” by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. There has been plenty of good commentary on this 3000+ page report, but we’ll add a … Read more
February 7, 2022
Measuring and Reporting of Climate-related Physical Risks Mandatory disclosure of climate-related risks is due to come into force from April 2022 for large organisations and financial institutions, likely expanding to smaller organisations by 2025. In order to support organisations in measuring and reporting climate-related physical risks, UKGBC is launching a new TCFD-aligned report which provides guidance on … Read more
January 14, 2022
London’s climate risk mapping training session recording Last month we held a workshop training session with Bloomberg Associates for stakeholders from across London and beyond. It covered the background and purpose of the mapping project, the features of the mapping, and how decision-makers are using the mapping in their sectors to help consider at-risk … Read more
December 17, 2021
Building Regs changes to support net zero, prevent overheating Under new regulations introduced on 15 December, CO2 emissions from newly built homes must be around 30 percent lower than under current standards. Emissions from other new buildings, including offices and shops, must be 27 percent lower. In addition, all new residential buildings—including homes, care homes, … Read more
November 29, 2021
Greening for cooling and clean air The Global Centre for Clean Air Research at Surrey University and University of Wollongong in Australia present this Healthy Green Streets webinar on 1 December, the final webinar in a series looking at street-scale greening for cooling and clean air in cities (the SCAN project). The webinar will feature … Read more
November 17, 2021
Climate risk mapping workshop event Our climate risk mapping has been put through its paces recently as part of GLA projects like Grow Back Greener and Future Neighbourhoods 2030. But we’re still keen to support partners and stakeholders who might want to use it in developing projects, programmes, and strategies. If you’d like to find … Read more
November 5, 2021
Need help following COP26? All the news and commentary around the negotiations and other events can be bewildering. Luckily, the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities constituency of the UNFCCC (LGMA) has compiled a list of four publications providing background that can help you get to grips with what’s going on. The NDC Synthesis Report gives … Read more
October 19, 2021
Government response to the Climate Change Committee adaptation progress report On 19 October, Government published its response to the CCC’s 2021 report, Progress in adapting to climate change, providing feedback on each of the CCC’s recommendations. There are few surprises here, and many references to existing or ongoing work. Among the interesting points: In response … Read more
October 13, 2021
Adapt or Die In the latest of a number of recent reports highlighting the UK’s unpreparedness for climate change, the Environment Agency has released its third adaptation report to Defra under the Adaptation Reporting Power (Guardian item here). Urging world leaders to take the issue seriously at COP26, the report outlines the changes in sea … Read more
September 28, 2021
Job opportunity TfL is looking for a Principal City Planner to help ensure that it has the data, plans, and processes in place to help London’s transport network adapt to climate change. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a brilliant team and to collaborate across TfL and with partner organisations. All the details … Read more