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Displaying 15 of about 274 results… [...] South Asia’s heat wave is unusual because it’s happening much earlier in the … of India and Pakistan are especially vulnerable to extreme heat. About 60 percent of India’s workforce and about 40 …
… California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a heat wave ranking system bill aimed at preparing the state for dangerous extreme heat events. [...] The bill outlines several factors to be …
… 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 …
… and wellbeing via a variety of mechanisms, including heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, chronic dehydration, an increase in vector-borne …
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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…
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Extreme heat is taking an increasing toll across the U.S. in … . Many of these states also face some of the highest heat risks in the U.S. , according to recent studies. Prisons … buildings that were designed without planning for extreme heat and heat waves . Prison building materials and designs …
… The appointment of chief heat officers in Melbourne is a vital acknowledgement of how serious urban heat is for Australia. It’s a first for the country and part … of an international movement to improve how cities handle heat in a warming world. In partnership with the US-based …
… a statewide advance warning and ranking system of extreme heat waves in order to help save lives, reduce … legislation. California has experienced record-breaking heat waves in recent years that are projected to increase in … 121 degrees in Los Angeles County. California’s 2021 heat wave broke records across the state, with Sacramento topping …
… see temperatures already exceeding 40℃ is shocking. Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But … due to climate change boosts the odds of such severe heat. In 2020, a UK Met Office study found under the … be virtually impossible. The UK is simply not used to heat on this scale. In fact, buildings there are generally …
… This paper explores the argument that weather-related heat stress should be considered an escalating occupational … as an emerging occupational risk requiring public action. Heat health is one of the main lines of action concerning … during the hottest months of the year, and when a heat wave occurs or is predicted.’ (OSHA n.d; OSHA 2017) 4.2 …
… in many parts of the country. Increasingly, extreme heat and storms are putting roads, bridges, water systems and … under stress. Two recent examples – an intense heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to its limits …