REGILIENCE OTS6 – Heat and Health: Building Resilience for a Hotter Future
Watch the recording of the sixth Open Training Session (OTS) from REGILIENCE to learn best practices for combating health challenges arising from increasing temperatures. The session was part of a series of capacity-building events for regional actors working on climate adaptation.
Speakers’ slides
The sixth Open Training Session (OTS) held by REGILIENCE focused on the escalating challenges posed by increasing temperatures and heatwaves. The event was part of a series to help public authorities understand and plan climate adaptation measures. During the session, experts presented information on how climate adaptation programmes can help protect health amid heat events that cause health complications and heat stress. Case studies of such projects that have been implemented across Europe were shared and discussed during this event. By discussing these projects and identifying which were the most effective, stakeholders collaborated on a pathway to climate adaptation policies to ensure a resilient future.
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction | Nadège Seguel and Lesly Mercedes Barriga Delgado (REGILIENCE)
Empirical evidence of the influence of heatwaves on non-communicable diseases | Prasanta Kumar Roy (HWWI Hamburg)
Living in a hot house? The impact of climate change on heat, health and outdoor productivity in Europe | Fred Hattermann
Water pathogens and extreme weather events: A model to assess microbiological
risks in the coastal bathing waters of Barcelona under different heat scenarios | PhD. Carmen Torres Costa (EURECAT)
Reducing the Health Effects of Heat – Examples from Regions and Cities in Germany | Theresa Kaiser (Adelphi)
The ARSINOE project: Addressing extreme heatwaves in Athens | PhD. Dimitris Kofinas (ARSINOE)
Preventing health effects from heat in the WHO European Region | Marisol Yglesias-Gonzalez (WHO) –
Q&A Session | Discussion with the presenters
Wrap-up and closing
Takeaways
- Rising temperatures correlate with reduced mobility and the requirement for longer rest times.
- The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) composite index factors in air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and sunlight to help assess heat stress.
- The IMPETUS project in Barcelona’s coastal areas can predict risks of contamination in seawater resulting from combined sewer overflow (CSO) events, an increasing risk from heavy rainfall as a consequence of climate change.
- Cities in Germany, such as Würzburg, Hannover, Cologne, and Freiburg, are implementing heat-health measures to protect citizens’ health during heat events
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