Commentary Climate change and energy Section 44: The Mayor’s adaptation to climate change strategy for London
110.Section 44 requires the Mayor to prepare and publish an adaptation to climate change strategy for London. The strategy must contain the Mayor’s assessment of the consequences of climate change for Greater London and his proposals and policies for adaptation to the effects, both actual and expected, of climate change in Greater London. The Mayor must have regard to any guidance produced by the Secretary of State about the content of the strategy and in relation to the preparation and revision of the strategy. Such guidance may include guidance about the evidence to which the Mayor must have regard in preparing or revising the strategy.
111.The strategy will be subject to the general provisions for the preparation and publication of Mayoral strategies set out in sections 41 to 44 of the GLA Act 1999. The Secretary of State may specify in guidance the persons the Mayor must consult in addition to the statutory consultees listed at section 42 of the 1999 Act. The Secretary of State may direct the Mayor to revise the strategy to remove any inconsistency with Government climate change policies or objectives if he considers the inconsistency would have a detrimental effect on achieving them.