Global Heat Health Information Network
@heathealth_info
We are a global network of experts and policy makers working to reduce the health impacts of extreme heat on a warming planet. Spearheaded by @WMO @WHO & @NOAA
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Call for #HeatHealth action plans 🌡️🌎
In an effort to better understand evolving governance around heat & health, we have partnered with Global Heat Health Information Network and World Health Organization (WHO) to analyse existing plans: where they are, who they protect and how.
Share action plans👉ghhin.org/news/global-ca…
Do you have an action or adaptation plan that addresses the impacts of heat on health?
We have a🆕call for #HeatHealth action plans in partnership with Global Heat Health Information Network and World Health Organization (WHO).
Submit your plans to help us better understand the evolving governance of #HeatHealth 👇
#Vacancy : High-resolution urban overheating modelling
B-Kode is looking for a self-employed professional to work on urban overheating, in the context of the Horizon Europe🇪🇺 funded CARMINE project. Apply by 1 May.
b-kode.be/#Career
Matthias Demuzere #UrbanHeat #HeatIsland
📣 Global call for plans considering health impacts of extreme heat by Global Heat Health Information Network (e.g., heat health action plans, NAPs etc.)
🌡️Essential for MH to be included in such governance documents given growing evidence of relationship btw heat & MH
ghhin.org/news/global-ca…
New on the blog: We spoke to co-author Robbie M. Parks about his recent study on hazardous heat in U.S. jails and prisons - why and where it's happening, and what can be done.
ghhin.org/news/hazardous…
Cascade Tuholske NatureSustainability
In their recently published article in AGU_GeoHealth,
Health Canada and PHAC authors Liv Yoon, Gregory Richardson and Melissa Gorman reflect on a century of extreme heat mortality reporting in Canada.
See their summary of key findings: ghhin.org/news/blog-refl…
University of British Columbia CBC News
📢 Call for Heat Action Plans
To build our global inventory and better understand evolving #heathealth governance, we're partnering with World Health Organization (WHO) & HIGH Horizons to analyze existing plans: where they are, who they protect, and how.
Submit yours today!
ghhin.org/news/global-ca…
🚨 NASA Goddard's Gavin Schmidt in nature says we need answers for why 2023 turned out to be the warmest year in possibly the past 100,000 years - and we need them quickly
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#InTheNews
“The goal is not just to protect lives, but livelihoods, and plan early so the requisite steps can be taken in time,” - NRDC India's ABhiyant Tiwari 🌡️⛑️ talks about India's preparedness for the upcoming heat season to Srishti Choudhary for @CNNNews18
news18.com/india/india-he…
The latest udallcenter Extreme Heat Network newsletter features Arizona's new extreme heat plan, Global Heat Health Information Network's new discussion group, and the latest heat policy and governance news, research, events, and opportunities! tinyurl.com/extremeheat202… #heatresilience
Experts warn a #heatwave during the Paris The Olympic Games could put athletes and spectators at significant risk.
NBC News explores the concerns, with insights from heat health experts including Network contributors Ollie Jay, Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., MPH and Jenni Vanos 🌎🇨🇦🇺🇸
nbcnews.com/science/enviro…
