27 August 2025
Targeted support through social and health protection measures can safeguard elderly and vulnerable populations during increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves.
Tag: heatwaves
5 June 2025
Modern cities are turning into heat islands due to dense construction, impermeable surfaces and lack of green spaces. Cool roofs offer respite, save energy, and are cost effective too.
4 June 2025
Urban heat is a public health emergency, an infrastructure challenge and a climate crisis rolled into one. To safeguard cities and their most vulnerable populations, India needs city-level cost-effective long-term mitigation strategies.
21 May 2025
India has a unique opportunity to embed thermal comfort as a foundational principle of future urban development.
28 March 2025
One of the hottest countries on the planet isn't ready to deal with an inevitable increase in heatwaves, but new research aims to change that.
21 August 2024
Low awareness of the link between heat and eco-anxiety in Indonesia requires a more comprehensive strategy in the campaign.
2 August 2024
The Olympics are now regularly held in conditions too hot and humid for most people to exercise in. How much can the world's elite athletes withstand?
10 June 2024
Existing Heat Action Plans prioritise short-term relief and are insufficiently localised.
5 June 2024
As with any environmental disaster, the impact of heat stress hits the poorer harder than the privileged.
22 August 2023
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent under global warming and this is having a significant impact on species' ability to recover.