Heat Waves
Climate Health Risks
Climate health risks are the risks posed by the on the health of individuals and populations. Extreme weather events such as , , and can aggravate over half of all pathogenic diseases and lead to the emergence of epidemics and pandemics. In addition, other climate-induced like and pose a high risk of infectious disease outbreaks, […]
Deadly Heat
Deadly heat refers to hot temperatures beyond human tolerance. It is projected to affect major urban areas around the world throughout the 21st century due to the increased intensity of the “heat island effect”, which makes cities 10-15 °C hotter than surrounding areas, and more so without the proper infrastructure. The threshold for human survivability […]
Temperature Extremes
Variations in temperature well above or below a given base temperature in a certain region, which encompasses both heat and cold waves. The threshold is not fixed due to the regional differences in average temperatures. As a result of , temperature extremes are becoming “the new normal”, with increasingly more frequent and intense leading to […]
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