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Displaying 15 of about 50 results… innovative strategies to protect residents from deadly heat Ahmedabad - The Indian city of Ahmedabad launched a first-of-its-kind Heat Action Plan today, making it the first city in South … roadmap we need to save lives when the next dangerous heat wave hits.” Shri Mayor Asit Vora previewed the draft plan in …
… Brutal temperatures rage across South Asia as heat resilience expands to new cities and states A pioneering strategy to protect people from killer heat waves is rapidly catching on across India and beyond, as … Disaster Management Authority has notified 23 heat wave-prone states to develop similar heat protection plans …
… Public Works, was given a second title this month: chief heat officer, the city’s first. She joins a number of heat officers around the world as cities from Athens, Greece … Chile , begin to coordinate a better response to extreme heat and develop sustainable cooling strategies. Phoenix and …
… “Not every community can afford to have a full-time chief heat officer, so what is the structure that works for smaller … look like as climate change brings more frequent, intense heat waves? City leaders are still in the early stages of … in recent years about how cities are responding to extreme heat? Ladd Keith: Particularly in the United States, after …
… This brief describes the details of heat action plans launched in 2016 in Nagpur, Odisha and … coordination to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations. Cities and regions across … 2013, Ahmedabad became the first city to implement a heat wave early warning system and preparedness plan in South …
… This Heat Action Plan aims to provide a framework for the … implementation, coordination, and evaluation of extreme heat response activities in Ahmedabad that reduce the negative health impacts of exposure to extreme heat. The Plan’s primary objective is to alert those …
… to integrate future climate trends in its projection of heat risk under different geographic conditions. Cooling … data to produce vulnerability maps that corelate urban heat islands with depleted tree covers, under different … regulations towards climate sensitive urban development. Heat vulnerability maps under different climate scenarios can …
… 43°C (109°F) . Ahmedabad is no stranger to extreme heat. The city is responding to strengthen resilience by releasing and implementing the sixth annual Heat Action Plan: Guide to Extreme Heat Planning. The heat … Ahmedabad 2018 Heat Action Plan After a devastating heat wave hit Ahmedabad in 2010, experts determined that extreme …
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On August 10, the German cabinet approved a draft bill to install more water fountains in German cities and municipalities. If the law passes the Bundestag, local authorities will be obliged to provide access to free drinking water in public spaces as part of the so-called "Daseinsvorsorge" (guaranteed basic public services framewo…
“Risk reduction remains the core of Bhubaneswar’s development vision,” says Piyush Ranjan Rout, an urban management practitioner and co-founder of Local Governance Network, an NGO that nominated the city for the Sasakawa Award, in a report by Manipadma Jena for AlertNet.
… - to help local governments reduce the effect of increased heat on their communities and citizens. Individually, each … This discussion paper also examines the existing urban heat mitigation policies and interventions, including … Governments face challenges in adapting to urban heat because of the complexity of choices available, limited …
… people in the US will be under severe weather alerts as a heat wave battering the south expands into large parts of the … US. It will be a busy time for the country's three chief heat officers, who experts say they are quickly becoming key …
… 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 …
… This report focuses on innovative and inclusive heat and wildfire governance in Europe, aiming to equip … and tools to tackle the critical issues of reducing heat, drought and wildfire risks, leaving no one behind. It … stakeholders of the EFDRR Action-oriented Dialogue on Heat and Wildfire Governance in implementing the dialogue’s …
… a partnership to address the impact of extreme urban heat by mainstreaming heat across UN-Habitat’s various areas of work and across UN … Eleni Myrivili, who has been serving as Athens’s Chief Heat Officer since 2021, will take on the Global Chief Heat …