
More than 40 per cent of homes in London are likely to be affected by subsidence by 2030 due to extreme weather, a report on how to prepare the capital for flooding and heatwaves warned on Wednesday.
The London Climate Resilience Review was commissioned by Mayor Sadiq Khan after the floods of 2021 and the 40C heatwave and wildfires of 2022. It makes a series of recommendations and says: “Now is the time for action.”