Case studies

An internal cross-department working group was set up to focus specifically on heat risk. The group initially brought together officers from Communications, Facilities Management and Library Services, Education, Housing, Parks, Emergency Response, Climate, Public Health and Adult and Social care to consider key heat related risks and past responses.

Ealing took a partnership approach to strengthening borough-wide climate resilience and enabling stakeholders to implement adaptation measures.

Brent’s Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (CARP) in July 2022 outlined the key climate risks facing the borough, including flooding, heatwaves, drought and extreme cold.

Hammersmith & Fulham worked with AtkinsRealis to conduct a climate risk assessment of services and the wider borough and used this to inform a climate adaptation strategy.

Haringey’s Carbon Management and Public Health teams aimed to set out the impacts of more frequent and severe heatwaves on health and wellbeing and to highlight residents’ needs in this context.

Hackney’s first Citizens’ Climate Jury in Spring 2025 engaged 15 randomly selected residents.

The City of London Environmental Resilience Team is responsible for two adaptation workstreams at the City Corporation including the programme to mainstream climate resilience across services.

Sutton created a Climate Portfolio to ensure climate action, including adaptation, is mainstreamed across the Council.

An internal working group was set up to take responsibility for climate adaptation within the council. The working group meets quarterly and includes representatives from over 20 teams and service areas.