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London needs about 300 more waste management facilities to cope with the effects of climate change, according to a consultation launched last week by mayor Boris Johnson.

The draft London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy highlighted that climate change might affect the type and quantity of waste the city produced, and suggested that collection services were also vulnerable to extreme weather conditions.

"The need to build about 300 more facilities provides the opportunity to locate and design these to be more resilient to extreme weather," the report concluded.

The strategy also points to the need to cut carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency to deal prevent climate change.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the strategy would help the capital deal with climate change "from a position of strength".

"We need to concentrate efforts to slash carbon emissions and become more energy efficient in order to prevent dangerous climate change. But we also need to prepare for how our climate is expected to change in the future," said Johnson.

The draft London Climate Change Adaptation Strategy can be consulted here.

KEY FINDINGS

·London "not well adapted to our climate"
·Climate change will lead to warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers
·Increased risk of floods, droughts and heatwaves
·Strategy calls for a "greening" of the city
·London "well placed to help world adapt to climate change"