Tamil Nadu painted school roofs white (−5–8°C indoors), planted 100M trees, doubled mangroves, and created 2.5M green jobs — all while becoming India's first state to declare heat a disaster.🌿
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Our March newsletter is now available, featuring the launch of our new project, information about the upcoming Western US heatwave, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=FZ...

Evaluating the impacts of cool pavement on pedestrian-level heat stress indicators - Discover Cities Discover Cities - Extreme heat is an increasing hazard in communities across the world due to climate change and urbanization patterns resulting in urban heat. Transportation infrastructure, such...

New co-authored open access @discover.springernature.com paper on a cool pavement pilot project in Tucson and its impact on pedestrian-level heat stress.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #uarizona #uazresearch #extremeheat #heatresilience #coolpavement

Our February newsletter is now available, featuring the 3rd SoAZ Heat Summit, introducing our RISE Intern Ryan Green, and exciting upcoming events. Subscribe to the newsletter by visiting heat.arizona.edu. ☀️ #extremeheat #heatresilience Read the newsletter: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=EF...

Tech alone won't cool a city

In Ecuador, Quito is using data to tackle extreme heat, but tech alone won’t fix it.
David Jácome-Polit, Head of Resilient Development at #ICLEI, explains why #HeatResilience needs systemic solutions, strong leadership, and equity at the center.
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New co-authored paper out where we find heat-related emergency medical service activations increased 65% from 2019 to 2024 across the U.S. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #heathealth #extremeheat #heatresilience

Our January newsletter is out now, featuring our heat resilience resources, and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?vawpToken=SP... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Real resilience means embedding climate sensitivity into urban design, labor standards, and core infrastructure — because heat governance is now city governance.

#ClimateAction #UrbanPolicy #HeatResilience #India

Our December newsletter is out now, featuring our yearly impact recap, and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=9a775ebdd... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Number of publications by year

Check out our new rural heat resilience literature review, by @anneliseb.bsky.social, @mwahn.bsky.social, myself, and Heidi Brown! www.researchgate.net/publication/... #extremeheat #ruralheat #heatresilience

Our November newsletter is out now, featuring SW-IFL's Heat Mappers Program and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=a6e0f4add... #heatresilience #extremeheat

The Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center appoints Jane Gilbert as Chief Heat Ambassador The Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center announced the appointment of Jane Gilbert as its first chief heat ambassador.

Excited to join the @climateresilience.bsky.social's new Heat Resilience Exchange as a Senior Advisor, along with @vkturner.bsky.social and @sarameerow.bsky.social! onebillionresilient.org/2025/11/06/a... #heatresilience #extremeheat #heatactionplanning

How U of A students braved the summer sun to help communities become heat resilient More than 150 students across all three state universities have been involved in a Department of Energy program to help communities understand and respond to extreme heat. Their work, researchers said...

Check out the new @uarizona.bsky.social feature on the climate research we're doing across the state's three universities and with our students through the SW-IFL to help make Arizona more resilient. news.arizona.edu/news/how-u-s... #climatechange #extremeheat #heatresilience

Our October newsletter is out now, featuring PCDH's Hotwash event and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇: view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=993e3e1db... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Our September newsletter is out now, with info SW-IFL's All Hands meeting and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe at heat.arizona.edu, and access the newsletter directly here 🌇 : view.comms.arizona.edu?qs=b37a46883... #heatresilience #extremeheat

Kids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest Classrooms The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events

New interview in @sciam.bsky.social “My advice is to learn from the places that have been caught off guard and do your proactive planning before it happens to you.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/extr... #extremeheat #heatresilience

Ladd Keith giving a TEDx Talk at the University of Arizona

Sharing my @uarizona.bsky.social TEDx Talk about how the world is currently experiencing a "heatshed" moment and we need more research and action on heat mitigation, heat management, and heat governance to advance equitable heat resilience. youtu.be/U8RErIjDWWc #heatresilience #extremeheat

The Future of Cooling Was Invented Thousands of Years Ago | Atmos As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies.

"As buildings crack under record heat, architects are rediscovering ancient technologies—windcatchers, clay walls, and shaded courtyards—that kept cities habitable long before air-conditioning." atmos.earth/the-futu... #heatresilience #extremeheat #architecture

Too hot to handle: Assessing practitioner climate service needs to advance heat resilience Extreme heat is deadly and it is disproportionately experienced by lower-income, minority, and marginalized community members. Heat practitioners are …

Our new paper, led by Kelli Archie, is out, where we engaged 144 U.S. heat practitioners about their climate service needs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #extremeheat #heatresilience #climateservices

At @physoc.bsky.social we’ve been making the case for exactly this: putting human physiology at the centre of climate adaptation, from workplace heat stress to policy action.

#ClimateHealth #HeatResilience #Physiology

Our study highlights the importance of considering neighborhood-level plans through approaches such as PIRS™ for Heat to better understand how well a city is planning to mitigate heat. #heatresilience #planintegration

US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people High temperatures and humidity across north-eastern coast increase risk of heat exhaustion, illnesses and death

"US heat dome causes dangerous conditions for more than 100 million people" www.theguardian.com/... #extremeheat #heatdome #heatresilience

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Extreme heat is the deadliest weather hazard — and it’s only getting worse with climate change. Join us TONIGHT at 7 PM ET to learn how rising heat impacts vulnerable populations and what we can do to build resilience.

🔗 Register at: www.eldersclimateaction.org/events

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Protecting individuals from food scarcity, heat, and polluted air Innovation ThinkTank participants tell us about their projects to protect individuals from food scarcity, heat, and polluted air.

In our blog posts, meet the nine selected applicants and read about their innovative solutions to tackle climate and health across #GCHS2025’s three strands: #HeatResilience, Sustainable #Nutrition, and #AirPollution and Indoor Air Quality ⬇️
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Despite More Extreme Heat, Phoenix Reduced Heat-Related Deaths The nation’s warmest large city can’t turn down the temperature, but it is finding ways to address factors that make heat dangerous for residents.

New interview out in Governing: "The bottom line is that every heat death is preventable... At the very least, 2024 shows that with coordinated response, we can curb the tide of heat deaths." www.governing.com/re... #extremeheat #heatresilience

Today is the first of four "Cooling Conversations" webinars that CAPA is hosting weekly on Thursdays throughout the month of July.

Register for the series at: www.capastrategies.com/cooling-conv...

We look forward to seeing you there!

#climate #climateadaptation #heatresilience #extremeheat

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The latest Arizona Institute for Resilience's Heat Resilience Initiative newsletter is now out, with info on @uarizona.bsky.social's Big Idea Challenge winners and this month's heat-related news, research, opportunities, and events. Subscribe now at heat.arizona.edu ☀️ #heatresilience #extremeheat

Sara Meerow presenting on heat governance

Spent the last two days at NCAR in beautiful Boulder, CO for a NSF extreme heat workshop with fellow heat scholars and inspiring early career academics. Here's @sarameerow.bsky.social presenting our heat governance work! #extremeheat #heatgovernance #heatresilience