EIR - Independent climate resilience report [Nov 2023]

Your request 

The Mayor of London last year commissioned the London Climate Resilience Review to make recommendations to guide London’s preparations for more extreme weather. The review, chaired by Emma Howard Boyd, is set to end in December.

Speaking in New York on Monday, Mr Khan said the review's “interim” independent climate resilience report warns that London could face summer temperatures of 45C.

Evidence submitted to the review closed on September 2.

The requested information:

1. A copy of the full interim independent climate resilience report, or completed interim findings or briefings, that have been presented to the Mayor. For avoidance of doubt, I am seeking the completed interim material upon which the Mayor based his remarks.
2. A list of those who have submitted evidence to the review. If the names of individuals cannot be included, please provide a list of the “organisations, businesses and communities” who submitted evidence.
3. Any modelling or analysis attached to the completed interim report, findings or briefings referred to in 1) on the impact that increased temperatures could have on London.

Our response

The GLA does not hold “a copy of an interim independent climate resilience report, or completed interim findings or briefings, that have been presented to the Mayor”. The report is expected to conclude later this year and be presented to the Mayor at that stage. The points made by the Mayor reflected some of the emerging themes coming from stakeholder discussions with the review team.

We have therefore not received any modelling to date. However, commentary around increased heat risk reflects the fact that we are experiencing increases in heat beyond those in UK climate projections (the record-breaking temperatures of 40 degrees in 2022) and more aligned to a typical year in 2060. 

Please see below a list of organisations who have submitted evidence to the review. Please note that the GLA has not seen the evidence as this is held by the Review team, not the GLA. In addition the Review has held a series of Roundtables with representatives of different sectors as part of their work.

Organisation

• The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• London Borough of Brent
• Science Museum Group
• London Sustainable Development Commission
• Tooting Commons Management Advisory Committee
• Natural England
• University of London
• London Tree Officers Association
• London Legacy Development Corporation
• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Chartered Institute of Housing
• NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board
• London Wildlife Trust
• Clarion Housing Group
• Ashden Climate Solutions in Action
• London Borough of Wandsworth
• Friends of St Ann's Green Spaces
• The Flood Wardens of Trowlock Island
• City of London Corporation
• Care Quality Commission
• L&Q
• Capital Growth
• London Funders
• Network Rail
• The London Borough of Havering
• NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
• London Borough of Barnet
• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
• London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
• The Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
• NHS South East London Integrated Care System
• Environment Agency
• Southwark Council
• Port of London Authority
• University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Atkins
• Lambeth Council
• Aviva
• London Sport
• Thames Water
• Flood Re
• London Councils & London Environment Directors' Network
• Zurich UK
• NHS South West London
• Housing Service at Brent Council
• Enfield Council
• Heathrow Airport Limited
• UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
• Urban Design and Green Infrastructure strand of the WM-Air project
• Westminster City Council
• London Climate Change Partnership
• London Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH London)
• Federation of Small Businesses
• Exhibition Road Cultural Group
• Lendlease Europe
• Turner & Townsend
• London Resilience Group
• The Royal Parks
• Greener Jobs Alliance
• Hounslow Borough Friends of the Earth
• The Crown Estate
• Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Barts Health NHS Trust (Barts Health) and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University
• Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT)
• London Borough of Hillingdon
• Community Care Protection Group
• Trowlock Island Limited
• Thrive LDN
• The British Red Cross
• London Borough of Haringey
• UK Power Networks
• Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
• International Organization for Migration
• Arup
• Greater London Authority
• London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
• Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)
• Transport for London
• Hackney Council
• London Fire Brigade (LFB)