News and Events Categories: Overheating
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
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
Green Infrastructure for Health, Well-being, and Climate Resilience
July 3, 2020
The London Climate Change Partnership, in partnership with the MESH climate services network, organized this online event during London Climate Action Week about green infrastructure to promote health, well-being, and climate resilience in indoor and outdoor building environments. With everyone talking about the importance of green space for health and especially in light of COVID-19 (but … Read more
Vegetation Health in a Changing Climate
June 29, 2020
Green space is increasingly recognised and promoted for its social and environmental benefits – including health and well-being, as a sanctuary for habitats and species, and for its ability to keep us cool and mitigate flooding. It’s also a key component of our sports and recreation facilities. However, as our climate changes and we see … Read more
COVID-19 and Heatwave: Managing Concurrent Risks
June 22, 2020
This meeting was organized by the LCCP in collaboration with the Greater London Authority Fire and Resilience team and Public Health England (PHE). It follows the publication of a new set of PHE resources and advice about managing heatwave in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose was to provide an opportunity for local health and … Read more
LCCP April 2020 Update
April 8, 2020
We hope that this update finds you well and safe. Despite the disruption, the LCCP is no stranger to working online, and we intend to continue to foster collaboration and knowledge transfer through virtual meetings and events. We are working with partners to move some scheduled events to an online format, or to postpone until … Read more