Urban heat

This Technical Note aims to help readers plan a heat risk assessment and identify policies and investments to address the identified risks. Section 1 presents key considerations for planning a heat risk assessment.

This document's purpose is not to further assess or quantify heat risks, but to support cities in translating existing evidence into concrete, investable action and project concepts, and where the pathway from assessment to implementation remains unclear.

This special report focuses on the important role that children and youth can play in tackling urban heat and the urban heat island effect. Both top-down and bottom-up approaches are highlighted to showcase comprehensive strategies in action.

As climate-induced hazards increase rapidly, the built environment's limited preparedness highlights the urgent need to enhance resilience.

This education booklet was produced in the context of the RAHAT project which focuses on extreme heat vulnerability in informal housing in Jodhpur, western India, where climate change is intensifying temperature extremes.

The brief examines how women-led housing adaptations can reduce dangerous indoor heat exposure in informal homes in India.

The report examines how climate change affects Somalia’s development and economy and finds that stronger resilience and adaptation policies are essential to reduce future economic losses and support sustainable growth.

Rapid urbanisation in Ghana is intensifying dangerous urban heat, and scaling up protected urban tree cover and green infrastructure is essential to cool cities, reduce health and productivity risks, and build climate resilience.