The event, which was set to take place on Wednesday at the Shaw Library at the London School of Economics<\/a> as part of Climate Action Week was cancelled after the Met Office<\/a> issued a red weather warning<\/a> for Greater London<\/a>. <\/p>\n An area stretching from London to Swansea and Somerset to Birmingham will now be covered by a red alert from 9am on Wednesday and 9pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n The event titled Extreme Heat:<\/a> Improving governance and strengthening action around the world was organised by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. <\/p>\n \u201cThe event venue, like most buildings in London, does not have any cooling mechanisms in place, and we cannot risk the wellbeing of speakers or guests by subjecting everyone to very unpleasant indoor conditions in addition to hot journeys to the venue,\u201d wrote the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance in a post on social media<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n \u201cOur apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event. Thank you for your understanding – and if you are in London, please stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n This week the Met Office issued a rare red weather warning for Wednesday and Thursday in the face of extreme heat and humidity.<\/p>\n The weather forecaster said that this week\u2019s record-breaking heatwave will see temperatures exceed 37C in the shade and could even see them rise to 38C to 40C in some parts of England and Wales.<\/p>\n The intensity of this week\u2019s hot conditions have been very rare in the UK until now and are expected to be accompanied by high humidity, and very warm and humid nights which will make it hard for people to recover overnight, the Met Office added.<\/p>\n \u201cThe\u202fmagnitude\u202fof future impacts from extreme heat will\u202flargely depend\u202fon global mitigation efforts, local heat governance, and response plans,\u201d wrote the Zurich Climate Alliance. <\/p>\n \u201cCities like London have unique potential to adapt to changing heat risks through effective risk management at multiple levels, connecting policies and incentives, and strengthening community adaptation capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Practical Action told The Independent: \u201cIf the UK is struggling to cope, then it\u2019s really important we take climate change seriously and learn from what is happening around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n An amber heat alert is in place on Tuesday for the East Midlands, East of England, London and the South East, the South West, Wales and the West Midlands.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782211006714.jpeg\")
(Zurich Climate Alliance)<\/p>\n![\"Large](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2278115831...jpeg\")
Large parts of England and Wales beat the May high record (Getty)<\/p>\n