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Displaying 30 of about 412 results… in Arizona and Florida became hot spots for sickening heat. By Sofia Moutinho and Elisabeth Gawthrop Mario Wilcox … overheated body. Now he finds it vital in the intensifying heat of Fort Pierce, Fla., and especially his heat-stressed neighborhood. About this project This story was …
… in Western India is preparing for the increasingly extreme heat of the city which becomes more frequent globally due to … to prepare local communities for increasingly extreme heat in the city of Ahmedabad, through an early warning system and heat preparedness plan. It argues that climate change is …
… 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 …
… holistic guidance to help practitioners increase urban heat resilience equitably in the communities they serve. It … provides an in-depth overview of the contributors to urban heat and equity implications, and it lays out an urban heat … U.S. Pacific Northwest and Western Canadian heat wave took communities by surprise. Records were broken across …
… state of the practice of increasing resilience to extreme heat across the world from their diverse perspectives of … Panellists: Regina Vetter, Programme Manager, Urban Heat C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Jeffrey Raven, … state of the practice of increasing resilience to extreme heat across the world from their diverse perspectives of …
… This report will look at the factors that contribute to the heat island effect. Urban heat islands are metropolitan places that are hotter than … Paved roads, parking lots, and buildings absorb and retain heat during the day and radiate that heat back into the …
… and other infrastructure absorb and re-emit the sun’s heat more than natural landscapes such as forests and water … temperatures relative to outlying areas. These pockets of heat are referred to as “heat islands.” The rapid growth of urban populations, the …
… Urban Heat Islands are an unintended consequence of our increasing … to increase in the coming years – addressing Urban heat becomes increasingly important. Ramboll has helped C40 … up and test a tool that measures the benefits from urban heat adaption initiatives. The aim in developing this tool is …
… Using the PerilAUS archive of heat-related fatalities in Australia, this paper proposes to … 466 events in south-east Australia using the Excess Heat Factor and the newly developed heatwave categories. … staff in local communities can handle the projected heat-related hospitalisations during extreme heat events. …
… 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 …
… Extreme heat is the most widespread and deadly weather-related hazard … for mitigation. This report outlines how extreme heat will affect the real estate and land use sectors and … positive impact of the real estate sector in implementing “heat-resilient” building designs and land uses. The report …
… Heat is the number one weather-related killer in the United … of AC coincides with a hot weather episode (henceforth, a heat disaster). Using simulations, this report finds that … buildings in many US cities are highly vulnerable to heat disasters—with more than 50 million citizens living in …
… 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 …