What's different about this year's weather conditions?
Jun 17, 2024
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Guests from international organizations discuss the growing intensity of heat waves globally and the role of global heat officers in developing policies. They explore innovative tools for protecting vulnerable workers and collaboration between workers and lawyers. Reflecting on past extreme weather events, they stress the need for holistic planning to address the climate crisis.
Climate change is escalating heatwaves globally, requiring urgent preparation to mitigate challenges.
Cities face accelerated warming, necessitating policies to protect communities and enhance urban resilience.
Deep dives
Increasing Frequency of Extreme Heat Events
Extreme heat events are becoming more frequent and dangerous due to the impact of climate change, with each heatwave becoming more intensified. Studies reveal that climate change is escalating the frequency of heatwaves globally, urging urgent preparation to mitigate the escalating heat-related challenges.
Need for Global Heat Management Initiatives
Cities are facing accelerated warming, necessitating measures to protect vulnerable communities and ensure city sustainability. The role of a Global Chief Heat Officer involves formulating policies to safeguard populations from extreme heat and enhance urban livability and resilience in the face of rapid warming trends.
Urgent Calls for Climate Action and Heat-Related Funding
Record temperatures and increasing heatwaves signify a pressing global concern requiring a united response. Despite escalating heat-related challenges, global funding for climate action, particularly adaptation and resilience efforts, remains insufficient. The urgency to address heat-related mortalities, worker safety, and economic implications calls for enhanced government preparedness and international collaboration to combat the escalating effects of heatwaves.
Soaring temperatures are setting records around the world. And severe floods and storms are becoming more frequent and unpredictable. So how do this year's weather conditions, differ from those before? And what is that telling us?
In this episode:
Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Heat Risk Consultant, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
Linnea Wikstrom, Director, Construction and Health & Safety, Building and Woodworkers International.
Eleni Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer, Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center and UN Habitat.