Extreme heat is eroding labour hours, learning outcomes, and public health budgets — costs policymakers must start counting.| Policy Circle
A coat of white paint, combined with a few other simple design strategies, could help keep Britain’s homes cooler, cheaper to run and better prepared for the climate changes and high energy prices expected in the decades ahead.| Study Finds
Popular destinations are reporting fewer visitors as extreme weather makes travelers more cautious. The post Tourism falters under extreme heat appeared first on The Invading Sea.| The Invading Sea
There’s a famous saying in management circles: Culture eats strategy for breakfast. In a warming world marked by populist politics, the climate equivalent might be: Culture eats climate policy for breakfast. As air conditioning becomes the latest front in the culture wars, climate hawks would be wise to avoid the culture war trap being set. Instead we should meet the world where it is with a simple, culturally relevant, and popular approach that keeps people cool on a warming planet — a h...| Heatmap News
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It sounds cliché, but when you face a crisis, it helps to remember times that you’ve overcome adversity. That’s the power of history. And it’s one of the reasons I think the new PBS documentary “Clearing the Air: The War on Smog” is crucial to share right now. In the 1940s, dark, smoky clouds crept … Continue reading "How to Dissent? Learn American History"| Legal Planet
Editor’s note (08/13/2025 4:30pm): Time of day was previously shown in standard time on the graphs below, in error. The graphs and text are now updated to Pacific Daylight Time. One of the things I really appreciate about living here is how late it stays light out. I moved to Seattle from San Diego in 2008 (I know, another Californian), and that shift in latitude made a huge difference in the length of the day.| Washington State Climate Office
Hamilton's Equity-Based Heat Response Plan| Canadian Health Association for Sustainability & Equity (CHASE)
Florida architects designing high-end houses for wealthy, climate-conscious buyers have started working cooling techniques that were once common into their contemporary designs.| WUSF
The Sacramento Homeless Union has won a federal lawsuit against the City of Sacramento, resulting in a legal settlement that provides protections for unhoused residents during extreme heat events.| Davis Vanguard
The Climate Resilience Toolkit includes resources to support healthcare providers, patients, and administrators through extreme heat events, such as heat action plans, advice for medications in extreme heat, and communication templates.| NCAHEC - Digital Library
The heat dome is returning to Europe, bringing temperatures up to 40 °C and worsening drought and wildfire conditions.| Severe Weather Europe
Despite the climate crisis driving more bouts of devastating heat, too much of the world remains poorly prepared. Nuzhat Nueary introduces new Oxfam/FCDO research that looks at the links between extreme heat and water scarcity and highlights glaring gaps in humanitarian response.| frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk
Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said.| PBS News
Oregon’s Cram Fire was a warning — the Pacific Northwest is ready to ignite.| Heatmap News
The June issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) featured a new paper synthesizing over 70 articles on the record-breaking June 2021 Pacific Northwest (PNW) heat wave. I am a co-author on the article, collaborating with experts at Oregon State University and Portland State University. I summarize some of the main takeaways in this piece, and encourage you to check out the article for more details.| Washington State Climate Office
Small businesses in certain industries can get up to $1,000 for buying heat-protection equipment under a new credit from the New York State Insurance Fund.| Long Island Business News
Explore the heat dome concept: a high-pressure system that traps warm air, leading to persistent heat and dry conditions.| Severe Weather Europe
Transitioning to using HeatRisk empowers us to respond earlier, when the people who are most likely to experience heat-related harm need support. This is KCRHA’s third summer using HeatRisk-based activation thresholds. We have aligned our activation tiers for extreme heat to better respond to the actual risk that any given heatwave poses to those living unsheltered in King County.| KCRHA
Southern Europe is already scorching. As May 2025 breaks records, are Spain and its neighbours prepared for a future of perpetual heatwaves?| A greener life, a greener world
By Dana Drugmand Carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers have likely caused trillions of dollars in economic damages due to intensifying heatwaves over the last 30 years, according to new peer-reviewed research.| The New Lede
The 2024 climate report highlights extreme weather fueled by climate change, resulting in over 3,700 deaths, millions displaced, and significant biodiversity loss due to intensified storms, floods,…| A greener life, a greener world
Climate change can exacerbate other hazards. How can policymakers address this? This article explains the multihazard approach to resilience.| Arsht-Rock
It was the middle of a triple-digit heat wave in the hottest July ever recorded in Bakersfield, California. Bat biologist Erika Noel stepped beneath a freeway overpass along State Route 178, and the air felt like an oven. Forty feet above, clustered among five joints of the bridge, were thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emitting their trademark musk—an odor laced with the smell of ammonia and corn chips.| Bay Nature
We should set aside a day for people to think about climate change, how it will affect them, and what to do. Aug. 23 is the day the greenhouse effect was discovered.| Legal Planet
We explore how four of our partner cities are approaching nature-based solutions, planting trees to cool their urban centers.| Arsht-Rock
Parts of Europe have been under a prolonged heatwave since early July, and the heat is forecast to extend for another two weeks. The marine heatwave across the Mediterranean.| Severe Weather Europe
A new state-wide report on the impacts of climate change shows New York City will be impacted on all fronts: The Big Apple is getting 6 to 10 degrees warmer, and will see more precipitation and tidal floods in the coming decades. “We have to understand that this stuff is going to happen, it's already happening,” one state official said.| City Limits
When nest box interiors reach 107° F, eggs fail and nestlings die from heat stress or dehydration. This is urgent! Act now to help nesting Bluebirds survive!| The Backyard Naturalist - Wild Bird Feeding Supplies, Nature Books and Gifts
Through mid-July, intense heatwave returns to the eastern and southern half of Europe; temperatures will surpass 40 °C in some areas.| Severe Weather Europe
After weeks of rainy and cool weather, summertime weather will finally expand into Europe next week. A powerful heatwave is forecast for central and eastern Europe.| Severe Weather Europe
As more heatwaves sweep through Southeast Asia, outdoor workers are confronted with an increased risk of deaths, disabilities and health issues in the region.| Asian Scientist Magazine
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation (HB 1645) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008. The legislation, which takes effect on July 1st, is not just symbolic: … Continue reading "Florida Governor DeSantis’ Head-In-The-Sand Climate Change Policies"| Legal Planet
Amid rising temperatures, Athens, Greece has taken bold steps to combat extreme heat through innovative solutions.| Climate Resilience Center
Recommendations from GCCA, Society of Behavioral Medicine and others provide a roadmap for cities to address dangerous heat during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new policy brief from the Society of Behavioral Medicine lays out a roadmap to help cities adjust their approach to preparing for compounding health challenges dangerous summer heat and COVID-19. The brief … Continue reading Recommendations for cities during the COVID-19 pandemic →| Global Cool Cities Alliance
The urban heat island effect makes billions vulnerable to heat. This blog explores what it is and how heat in cities impacts people.| Arsht-Rock