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
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.
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
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
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
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
December 19, City Hall Space4Climate and LCCP will run a breakfast briefing and networking event for environmental consultancies and providers of geo-spatial data about climate- and environment-related risk disclosure. We’ll be looking at how best to support organisations with voluntary reporting of climate risk, and showcase ways in which satellite data is being used to understand environmental … Read more
April 7, 2017
The Heat Risk Group met on April 13 to hear about new developments in combining modeling and observation data, how heat risk is being addressed in the new London Environment Strategy, and resources and initiatives for extreme heat preparedness from the United States. The notes are below. For more information, or to obtain the presentations, please … Read more
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
February 5, 2016
Thanks to Climate Just, you can look at climate change impacts across England at a neighbourhood level. Those training events helped attendees to use and apply the Climate Just’s resources in practice. … Read more