📢 Announcements

Summary of the Climate Costs Forum 

On 4th July 2025, the LCRP with support from Arup, convened around 80 delegates from London boroughs, the private sector, and cultural and anchor institutions for the Climate Costs Forum.

The event opened with an inspirational keynote from Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the London Climate Resilience Review, who underscored the urgency of adapting to a climate that has already changed, and continues to change. Deputy Chair of the LCRP and TfL’s Head of Sustainability and Corporate Environment, Sam Longman, reinforced this message by urging attendees to drive change while maintaining hope and focus on action. 

Delegates explored how data can track organisational performance and better assess the impacts of extreme weather on operations and assets. These discussions will directly inform the forthcoming Getting Started Guide on Climate Costs, a free resource to help organisations establish programmes for collecting real-world data on the costs of climate change and extreme weather. This includes impacts on assets, operations, staff, customers, and supply chains.

The guide, to be produced by Arup, will also provide guidance on using climate risk assessments to forecast future cost shifts, tracking adaptation spending, and measuring the effectiveness of adaptation actions. By equipping organisations with practical data and tools, we aim to support financially informed business planning, highlighting not just economic value but also the tangible benefits of resilience. At a time of tightening budgets, such resources are indispensable. For more information, please visit our website here: Latest Forum – July 4th – Using data to help optimise how you track climate impacts | London Climate Ready Partnership London Climate Ready Partnership

Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub funding  

The MACC Hub funding call is now open for applications: Call for proposals on transformational adaptation solutions – MACC Hub This initiative is designed to catalyse transformational climate adaptation across the UK by supporting innovative, place-based projects that deliver practical, scalable solutions.

We strongly encourage applications from collaborative partnerships involving academia, policymakers, local authorities, public bodies, health and care organisations, community groups, and NGOs. The fund places a strong emphasis on inclusivity and cross-sector collaboration to maximise impact.

Key Details:

• Total fund available: £550,000
• Maximum award per project: £55,000
• Mandatory Expression of Intent (EOI) deadline: 5:00pm BST, 8 August 2025
• Full application deadline: 5:00pm BST, 30 September 2025
• To express your interest, please complete the EOI form by the deadline.

We look forward to seeing your innovative ideas!

The Green Finance Fund 

The Mayor’s Green Finance Fund (GFF) was launched in 2023 and will lend up to £500m to projects (led by public sector organisations) that help London meet its net zero ambitions. The aim is to accelerate decarbonisation by lowering the cost of borrowing for eligible organisations.

Eligible projects must be delivered within London and fall within one of three categories:

• energy efficiency
• clean transportation
• renewable energy (including district heat networks).

The Green Finance Fund is open until 4 September 2025 for expressions of interest. For more information, please visit: The Green Finance Fund | London City Hall

Heat-health advice 

As we approach another period of hot weather, this time with slightly lower temperatures but over a longer period of days, you may find the this guidance on sustainable and accessible ways to keep cool useful. You may also be interested in the GLA’s Cool Spaces map and the Mayor’s guidance on keeping cool on hot days. You can also sign up to the heat-health alert service. The UKHSA also publish heat health advice and guidance on their blog here.

🗒️ Reports released

Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales – PLoS Climate 

This study, led by researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, projects heat-related mortality in England and Wales at Government region level under combined climate and socioeconomic scenarios, focusing on the implications of different pathways on adaptive capacity and resilience.

Fast-growing, global-south cities are ‘strikingly underrepresented’ in climate research – Nature Cities  

Research on climate change in urban areas is skewed towards large, well-established cities in the global north, according to analysis of more than 50,000 studies.

The research, published in Nature Cities, uses keyword searching and machine-learning methods to produce a database of studies on climate change and cities published over 1990-2022. The authors find that small, fast-growing cities – especially in Africa and Asia – are underrepresented in their database.

UK Climate Resilience Roadmap 

This Roadmap, created by UKGBC, sets out a vision for a climate resilient built environment, sharing clear recommendations for the industry and policy, and next steps needed to increase the climate resilience of our built environment.

📰 News

‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action – World Energy Data, 5th July

Increased temperatures harming fish and wildlife in UK’s rivers – The Independent, 9th July

Extreme weather could cause 5% drop in euro zone GDP, bank watchdogs find – Reuters, 9th July

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists – The Guardian, 10th July

📅 Events

Watch recording of The London Surface Water Strategy Webinar 

An introductory webinar to mark the launch of the London Surface Water Strategy 2025. Hear from Flood Ready London partners, including the Environment Agency, London Councils and the Greater London Authority, on the work done to collaboratively develop the first pan-London surface water flooding strategy. Recorded in June 2025.

The Flooding Resilience Conference 2025 – 25th September 

This conference will be held online to discuss the latest updates on government policy to improve national flood resilience. There will be an opportunity to network with a range of speakers from across the public sector and to gain tools and strategies to improve partnership working. If you would like to sign up use the discount code ‘EARLY20’.

2nd International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – 14th-15th October  

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding an International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience. This is a biennial conference that collects perspectives from the world’s leading authorities on building resilience and adapting to climate change.