Extreme Heat Impacts and Actions: Learn from the local researchers

Time

16:00 - 17:00 (UTC+02:00)

About

Extreme heat is deadly, on the rise globally, and its toll can be reduced. Despite the growing adverse impacts, there is a lack of global awareness, risk analysis, and action to combat heat risks. The Global Disaster Preparedness Center of the American Red Cross, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN), launched a research grant program to increase knowledge on heatwaves and their impact on people, especially in low and middle-income countries. Join us to hear form the research grant awardees in Bangladesh, Serbia, South Africa and Kenya in the first of the webinar series.

Presenters

• Temporal distribution of heatwave events and its concomitant effect of human health by Dr Bethwel Mutai, Lecturer at the Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
• Towards Livable Cities: Extreme Heat Distribution in South African Cities by Timothy Chambers, Environmental and Geographical Science and Atmospheric Science at the University of Cape Town, S. Africa
• Managing Heat Stress Among Ready-made Clothing Workers in Bangladesh by Farzana Yeasmin Assistant Scientist in the at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research of Bangladesh
• Local heat thresholds and triggers in Serbia Dr. Dragan Milošević Assistant Professor at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management.