00:00We're publishing today our city's first ever heat plan.
00:03What it sets out is what we should be doing with our partners to make sure our city is ready
00:07for more frequent heatwaves.
00:09Working with councils, working with businesses, working with the NHS, working with the fire brigade, working with the police,
00:15working with charities, working with community organisations to make sure we're ready.
00:20Some of this will require additional money. Some of this we can do with additional budgets.
00:24I think there needs to be both passive and active responses in terms of the new norm.
00:28There's going to be a passive response, bigger windows, better shading, making sure homes are better designed, refurbishing homes.
00:37There's going to be active steps taken as well, air-conditioned units, particularly think about schools and hospitals and places
00:42of work
00:43where it can be really hard to work with temperatures north of 35 degrees Celsius.
00:48We've got to make sure we use every tool in our cool toolkit to make sure London is ready for
00:53the new norm,
00:53which is more extreme heatwaves and more frequent.
00:56We're seeing records broken. The hottest May in record last month, yesterday was the hottest June day in record.
01:04Last night was the hottest June night in record. Last year was the hottest year on record.
01:09These aren't blips. This is the new norm.
01:11So one of the things this report tells us is there are a million homes that are at risk of
01:17extreme heat.
01:18There are more than 1,600 schools that are in areas, which means they're in danger of extreme heat.
01:25More than 50 hospitals, more than 350 care homes as well.
01:29They're our priority when it comes to action to adapt our city.
01:36Headteachers know their schools best. Headteachers know their kids best.
01:39Headteachers know the circumstances of their families best.
01:42I know some headteachers who realise that actually a school is cooler than some kids' homes.
01:48And I'm hoping that we see more examples of excellent headteachers using common sense to advise whether their school stays
01:54open or not.
01:54The UK has been sweltering in record-breaking temperatures, with Londoners facing 35 Celsius conditions amid a three-day-long
02:04red warning for extreme heat in the capital.
02:08Officials are under increasing pressure to help the UK adapt to the growing risk of extreme heat.
02:15The Mayor's comments come as he launched the city's first-ever heat plan to keep Londoners safe at Islington Fire
02:22Station on Thursday.
02:23We as a city, we as a country, haven't adapted to be resilient to the consequences of man-made climate
02:30change.
02:30In London, we're doing a huge amount from ensuring that there are more than 4,000 places that people can
02:36fill up water for free,
02:38installing free water fountains, planting the right source of trees to give shade,
02:42making sure when it comes to buildings being built, they're cognizant of the importance of not just being efficient,
02:47helping to reduce bills in terms of bills in the winter when it's too cold,
02:50bills in the summer when you're having to use fans and air conditioning and so forth.
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