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Displaying 90 of about 421 results… This policy brief discusses the cost of extreme heat for outdoor workers/employers in low-and middle-income … The key message of this brief, include the following: Heat stress causes a significant burden on the health of … A large portion of the costs associated with occupational heat stress are borne by families and low-income households …
… support informed decision-making for planting new trees. Heat poses an urgent threat to public health in cities, as the urban heat island (UHI) effect can amplify exposures, contributing to high heat-related mortality and morbidity. Urban trees have the …
… assesses, for the first time, future changes in flood, heat-waves (HW), and drought impacts for all 571 European … assesses, for the first time, future changes in flood, heat-waves (HW), and drought impacts for all 571 European …
… broke records for hot, dry conditions with more than 260 heat and low rainfall recordsbroken throughout winter. The increasing global heat, driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, … broke records for hot, dry conditions with more than 260 heat and low rainfall recordsbroken throughout winter. The …
… of policy response options to these challenges. Rising heat levels driven by climate change are increasing health … large shares of the global working population. Excessive heat while working, generally at temperatures above 35º … of policy response options to these challenges. Rising heat levels driven by climate change are increasing health …
… Heat stress harms human health, agriculture, and the economy and environment more broadly, and exposure to heat stress is increasing with rising global temperatures. While most studies assessing future heat stress have focused on surface air temperature, compound …
… This study seeks to carry out an assessment of the urban heat islands (UHI) phenomena, alongside a vulnerability … … This study seeks to carry out an assessment of the urban heat islands (UHI) phenomena, alongside a vulnerability …
… focuses on the theme of the 'Risk of Heat Waves and Climate Change in India'. It tries to highlight the phenomena of heat waves from the perspectives of various stakeholders … cities. Similarly, an anthropological perspective to heat wave planning is also posited. This issue's contents …
… media can be used to understand how people feel about heat waves and how they respond. They collected global … January to April 2022) using predefined hashtags about heat waves. Topic modelling identified five topics. The … of tweets in each week corresponded well with major heat wave occurrences in Argentina, Australia, the USA and South …
… European countries. In relative terms, the largest summer heat-related mortality rates were found in countries near the … The results showed that there was a large increase in heat-related mortality during June–August 2022, approaching … Data Figs. 2–6), the most intense, pan-European heat wave was observed during week 29 (between 18 and 24 July); …
… study aims at the real-time monitoring and prediction of heat waves using a multi-model dynamical ensemble prediction … which can be used for real-time prediction as well. A heat wave day is identified when either (1) Tmax (a)≥ its …
… that are working to reduce the inequitable distribution of heat risks across populations and urban areas. As cities are … and population groups are more affected by urban heat than others. At the same time, some policy responses to heat impacts can be unfair. To address this, cities can apply …
… report assesses the social and economic effects of extreme heat through the prism of twelve cities that are already enduring and addressing dramatic impacts of heat waves. The danger posed by extreme heat in urban centers—particularly in the global South—defies …
… the occurrence of longer, hotter and more frequent heat waves in Africa could have a strong impact on human … magnitude and spatial extent of the most extreme heat waves between 1979 and 2015. Results show that in recent … years, Africa experienced hotter, longer and more extent heat waves than in the last two decades of the 20th …
… associations between long- and short-term maternal heat exposure and severe maternal morbidity (SMM). The rate … of climate-related exposure, such as environmental heat, with SMM is lacking. In this retrospective cohort … odds of SMM20 Higer odds of SMM20 1 30.5 OR (95% CI) Heat wave OR (95% CI) HWD1 1.32 (1.17-1.48) HWD2 1.41 (1.24-1.61) …