Including the closely related terms heating, and heating.
… and drought made more likely by rising temperatures. The borough is particularly vulnerable to high heat due to its density of buildings, and summer daytime temperatures in London are expected to be 2.1-4.8°C hotter by mid-century2. With no action, heat-related deaths in the UK are projected to increase 500% to 12,000 per year this century3, with our most vulnerable residents most at risk. Action…
… for the most deprived people is attributable to circulatory and respiratory reasons6, exacerbated by polluted air, cold homes and extreme heat. The world’s richest 10% produce half of all carbon emissions whilst 1 United Nations, ‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows | | UN News 2 UKCP18 - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets…
…/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/spf/london-city- factsheets-3-of-3-the-results-v0.2.pdf 3 UK Committee on Climate Change, Heat and Preventable Deaths in the Health and Social care System, https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Outcomes-Heat-preventable-deaths- case-study.pdf 4 Ashden, Co-benefits of climate action 5 B Levy and J Patz (2015), ‘Climate Change, Human Rights, and Social Justice…
… https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Outcomes-Heat-preventable-deaths-case-study.pdf https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Outcomes-Heat-preventable-deaths-case-study.pdf https://analytics.phe.gov.uk/apps/segment-tool/ 5 poorest 3.5bn account for a tenth7. In H&F, we recognise our global responsibility and will take…
…&F are 648,752 tonnes of CO2e12, of which: • 36% is from homes, mostly from gas heating. • 43% is from other buildings, mostly from electricity use. • 21% is from transport, mostly road use. 12 Data source: Data source: London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI). This includes scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions from the sources included. Aviation within the borough boundary…