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The Islington Business Climate Resilience Toolkit helps businesses of all sizes take practical steps toward building resilience against a changing climate. The aim is to help businesses, from high-street retailers to co-working architectural practices, find relevant climate resilience guidance.
Covering a range of climate risks – including overheating, drought and flooding – it offers a simple way to assess exposure to climate risks (see image for example), prioritise actions, find sector-specific advice, and access practical measures that can be implemented.
Through practical advice, checklists and more – it supports businesses to decarbonise by reducing reliance on fossil fuels, adapt to a changing climate, and work with communities to build collective resilience and long-term sustainability.
Commentary & Analysis
24th September 2026
Here’s how public views have shifted over the summer – and introducing a new ‘health check’ of climate opinion.
More than 40,000 extra people died on England’s hottest days between 1988 and 2025 compared with what would be expected in normal temperatures, according to new ONS data.
Deaths from high heat are expected to keep climbing as climate change and an ageing population combine, with older people, children and the unwell most at risk.
The strain has been visible across the health system: A&E departments saw their busiest period on record, with almost 2.5 million attendances a month in May, June and July, with record-breaking heat cited as a key factor. Nurses reported collapsing on shift amid what their union called “inhumane and impossible” conditions.
A new resource on heat, drought and wildfires
How have experiences, perceptions and narratives about heat changed across recent years? To find out, check out this new resource, co-developed with partners.