Asia’s first ‘chief heat officer’ joins all-female squad tackling extreme temperatures around the world

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Bangladesh experiences some of the highest temperatures in Asia. The monthly average of 30C regularly feels even hotter when combined with the region’s high humidity.

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It’s a crisis that Afreen is facing head-on after she was announced as Dhaka’s first “chief heat officer” on Wednesday. She is also the first “CHO” in Asia to join an all-female squad in cities around the world.

“I want to push more engagement and work with all communities but especially those who are really vulnerable,” Afreen said.

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Women were deliberately selected for the roles because women are disproportionately impacted, Kathy Baughman McLeod, director of Arsht-Rock and the mastermind of the CHO programme, told The Independent.

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