Transcript Juliette Daniels, Climate UK and London

Resilience, climate adaptation
and cross-sectoral partnershipbuilding in London
30 January 2015
Juliette Daniels
Director, Climate UK and London Climate Change
Partnership
What are the key climate impacts for
London?
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Flooding
Sea level rise and storm surge
Overheating
Water resources
Wind storms
Snow and ice
Air quality
Subsidence and heave
Global climate events
Overheating
• Up to 10°C warmer than surrounding areas
• Interactions with air quality – health concern
• Transport and productivity issues
Flooding
• Over 680,000
properties at risk of
surface water
flooding
• 15% of London in
the river flood plain
• TE2100 plan for
tidal flood risk
Drought
• Area of serious water
stress
•In a dry year, demand
currently exceeds supply.
•Only 1 in 4 homes has a
water meter
Identifying Areas of Water Stress, EA
•The Victorian-era water
distribution network loses
over 1/4 water in leakage
Business impacts to consider
London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
A risk-based approach that:
1. Assesses how London is vulnerable to
weather-related risks today
2. Uses climate projections to understand how
climate change accentuates existing risks or
creates new risks / opportunities in the
future
3. Identifies and tests risk management options
Understanding the ‘adaptation gap’
Maximum water level rise:
0m
1m
2m
3m
4m
Improve defences
Improve Thames Barrier and raise d/s defences
Over-rotate Thames
Barrier and restore
interim defences
Flood storage, improve Thames
Barrier, raise u/s & d/s defences
Existing system
Maximise storage
Flood storage, over rotate Thames
Barrier, raise u/s & d/s defences
Raise
Defences
Flood storage, restore
interim defences
New Barrier
New barrier, raise defences
New barrage
Note:
Each box represents one or more portfolios of responses
High ++ 2100
Defra 2100
New barrier, retain Thames Barrier, raise defences
TE2100 developed
options
Adaptation and Resilience
Opportunities
– Global Adaptation Economy estimated at £1.4 trillion,
forecast to grow to £2 trillion by 2025 (~3% GDP)
– Strong throughout the recession and set to continue
growing
– Cities are more comparable with each other than with
their respective countries: by working together we can
grow our expertise!
Government and
public sector
bodies
Knowledge
exchange
Collaboration
Private sector
Cooperation
NGOs and
community
sector
LCCP’s Vision
London’s people and systems are dynamically
adapting to its changing climate, and its economy
is reaping the rewards of being a world leader in
this field.
London Climate Change Partnership 2020 Vision
Physical
Economic
Social
Vulnerability Vulnerability Vulnerability
Gathers
local
evidence
and
research to
inform
planning
and
investment
- Monitors
progress
Examines
economic
weather
impacts at
a range of
spatial
scales
Prioritises
efforts to
identify and
raise the
adaptive
capacity of
the most
vulnerable
groups
Critical
urban
systems
Considers the
interdependencies and
thresholds
for supply
chain
disruption for
London's
critical
services and
infrastructure
Comms
Communicates
the impacts of
climate change
to
intermediary
groups and
communities
through
existing
channels
Connecting Research and sharing knowledge
Informing Policy
Opportunities
For Growth
Identifies the
opportunities
for London
to develop
and export
its expertise
on climate
change
City scale stakeholder engagement
Provision of international services,
insurance, finance and international.
Location of international agencies.
International /
Company
wide
National
influence
Provision of national infrastructure and
services within city. Location of national
government.
City-wide
Involving city government, infrastructure
and planning
Locality
based
Tackling local issues based on impacts to own premises,
communities, etc
International learning
Thank you
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