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Displaying 60 of about 194 results… 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 …
… and local authorities need to prioritise. Extreme heat is a relatively new challenge for the UK. The 2022 … to evaluate England’s response and resilience to extreme heat events. The research shows that Government needs joined up thinking when it comes to managing extreme heat in the UK and needs to make large scale changes to …
… 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 …
… supplying medical teams or rounding up generators. [...] “Heat is the number one natural hazard killer across the … and we are seeing a continued increase in the number of heat domes that different communities are experiencing,” … Post Live interview Wednesday. [...] While no extreme heat event has received a disaster declaration, it is …
… can undertake to reduce risks in relation to extreme heat that fall into three categories: changing behaviour … Urban areas are the hot spots of global warming. Extreme heat, alongside flooding and wildfire, is a key risk to the … others to act; this will build resilience to extreme heat at the local and community scale. View the report … This …
… Chandran BANGKOK - More Indian cities need to implement heat action plans that include text-message alerts and … paved surfaces and the lack of tree cover cause "urban heat islands", said Sayantan Sarkar, who helped implement India's first Heat Action Plan (HAP) in Ahmedabad in 2013. "Cities bear the …
… government resources to reducing the risks of extreme heat in partnership with the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller … Orrego, appointed Cristina Huidobro to the role of Chief Heat Officer (CHO) in partnership with the Atlantic … committed to tackling the growing threat of extreme urban heat for vulnerable people. The appointment also marks …
… three states, California, Washington and Minnesota, have heat stress workplace protection standards. […] According to … organization Climate Central, the number of dangerous heat days for 133 US cities, will increase from 20 a year on average in 2000 to 58 in 2050. A dangerous heat day is defined as one in which the heat index, …
… early closures of schools and send people indoors. Extreme heat parched large swathes of South Asia this week after … to linger around 44C until Sunday, with peak summer heat still to come before cooling monsoon rains arrive in … the fastest pace in nearly four decades. The unprecedented heat puts millions of blue-collar workers, including …
… heatwaves as their high built density absorbs and retains heat, leading to higher temperatures than the surrounding areas and causing the ‘heat island’ effect. India’s northwest region routinely … heatwaves, city administrations must prepare and implement heat action plans and modify cities’ overall planning. … This …
… - as Indians prepare to vote, forecasts for extreme heat could add to the challenges of holding the world's … candidates and polling station staff safe following heat warnings by the nation's meteorological service for the … - as Indians prepare to vote, forecasts for extreme heat could add to the challenges of holding the world's …
… Sydney - Australia can expect even longer and hotter heat waves than the one now scorching wide swathes of the … position as an agricultural powerhouse. A blistering heat wave has settled over Australia's south and southeast …
… can’t afford air conditioners. It also protects them from heat stroke and other health impacts that can easily turn … home, we are always told ‘don’t go out in the sun in this heat; you will become dark’,” Mehta says. “Taking part in the … from. Ahmedabad’s plan came in response to a 2010 heat wave that killed more than 1,300 people. The Ahmedabad …
… kidney and respiratory disease. There will be 7,000 heat-related deaths every year in the UK by 2050 if the … homes and transport networks are able to deal with extreme heat, and that local authorities and cities have green spaces and heat-resilient infrastructure.” The Committee has called on …
… also offers projections for the 21st century for droughts, heat waves, sea level rise, with implications on food and … and the rising global mean temperature, ocean heat storage and sea-level rise, as well as the uncertainties … of Arctic Sea-ice, melting mountain glaciers, increased heat waves and extreme temperatures and finally, drought and …