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with communities in Northern Ireland who had experienced more severe and frequent flooding. The Red Cross are also working with people in six London boroughs to mobilise local knowledge on climate risks and enable local people to be more involved in local emergency planning. Recently a community campaign

Meteorological Organisation's Task Team on Climate Risk Management. In 2008, Debbie spent six months on secondment in London working with both the Climate, Energy and Ozone Science and Analysis team of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Climate Change Committee

Office Robin Grimes - Ministry of Defence Science & Technology, and Imperial College, London Bryan Lawrence - NCAS/University of Reading Nilanjan Chakraborty - Newcastle University Syma Khalid - Southampton University James Hetherington - UK Research and Innovation Simon McIntosh-Smith - University

and the co-benefits of tackling climate change. We were joined by speakers from University College London, the University of Leeds and the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). You can view a recording of the event on YouTube or read an event summary.     How can science

Dan Tall is head of performance for Southeastern - who run trains in South East London, Kent and East Sussex.

conditions have a direct impact on our ability to run the rail service across London and the South East. During summer, we’re constantly monitoring sections of track that are likely to expand because of the heat, and when they get too hot we put in place speed restrictions to reduce the chance

for several hours) and motorists were stranded by floodwaters. The mainline railway between London and Penzance was closed due to landslides. A number of schools across Cornwall were closed for the day and the Eden Project was badly affected by flooding. Weather data Overnight on 16/17 November, a deep

the region. Locally some areas in these regions, such as near London, will experience more days, whilst some areas will experience fewer. Other regions of the UK which are likely to see prolonged periods of heat stress in dairy cattle are the West Midlands and the East Midlands, which may both see

London), Brian Oduor (CARE International Kenya), Ayub Shaka (Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), Calistus Wachana (KMD), Mwende Kusewa (CARE International Kenya), George Gibson (Met Office), and (Sheri Lim (CARE UK). More information on the WISER Western project can be found on the WISER webpages

. Multiple wildfires, numerous private houses destroyed. London Fire Brigade had busiest day since Second World War. Event would have been 4°C cooler in pre-industrial times. India and Pakistan, March 2022 At least 90 deaths across India and Pakistan, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in northern Pakistan

This research, led by the Met Office and involving scientists from the Indian National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and the Department of Geography at King's College London, presents a new set of daily weather patterns representative of rainfall variability within different