Latest extreme heat additions in the Knowledge Base

This report assesses how climate change is reshaping human security in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, examining risks to food, water, energy, livelihoods and mobility, and calling for integrated, regional and systemic adaptation responses.

The Heat Impact Assessment (HIA) Framework as a strategic instrument to strengthen heat risk management in the country.

This paper shows that heat impacts emerge from the interaction of biological differences and gendered social roles.

This study shows how nature-based solutions help residents of an informal settlement in Fiji adapt to growing climate risks. Located in a coastal area, the community faces recurring flooding, sea-level rise, extreme heat, and variable rainfall.

This report examines how extreme heat is affecting women informal workers in Thailand. Based on surveys, workshops and focus groups, it finds major impacts on health, income and livelihoods, and highlights locally identified resilience solutions.

Subsidised power is tackling energy poverty and health risks for some of northern Mexico’s most vulnerable city dwellers.

New analysis from Ordnance Survey has found more than eight in ten cities in Great Britain are already highly vulnerable to urban heat islands, and almost two thirds are set to reach severe heat vulnerability by the turn of the century.

This case study examines the current state of the heat early warning system in Pakistan, including how heat risk is understood and monitored, and how warnings are issued, communicated, and acted upon across institutions.