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Why should COP28 prioritize extreme heat resilience? A guest feature from former President Felipe Calderón

As world leaders meet in Dubai for COP28, Arsht-Rock’s Global Ambassador for Heat Action and former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón calls for cities and nations to accelerate action on extreme heat resilience worldwide.

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The nexus of heat, health, and gender

Addressing the nexus of heat, health, and gender is critical to advancing climate resilience and protecting women around the world.

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Cooling the capital: How Athens is designing a cooler future

Amid rising temperatures, Athens, Greece has taken bold steps to combat extreme heat. The city’s Chief Heat Officers have worked to raise awareness, increase preparedness, and redesign the city for a cooler, safer future.

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Catalyzing insurance sector action to protect communities from extreme heat

Advancing the insurance sector’s core risk management capabilities will help reduce the growing physical risks of climate change and extreme heat.

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Protecting pregnant women from extreme heat’s impacts

Pregnant women are vulnerable to the impacts of excess heat exposure. Despite the risks, there are clear, actionable steps that individuals, caregivers, and policymakers can implement to reduce risks and improve health outcomes for expecting mothers and infants.

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The climate crisis: The economic, health, and developmental consequences of extreme heat

Extreme heat impacts everything from individual health to national economies. Cities are especially vulnerable to this growing crisis, but there are solutions that can help them reduce the human and economic impacts of climate change.

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Cities are categorizing and naming heat waves—yours should, too.

This article explains why cities around the globe are beginning to categorize and name heat waves to prepare for climate-driven extreme heat. You’ll learn why heat is so deadly, who is most vulnerable, and how using a health-based heat early warning system and naming heat waves can protect people.

Why early season heat waves can be so deadly

Early season heat waves can have devastating consequences. As the planet warms up, more people will be exposed to unseasonable heat waves and the associated health risks.

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These five games are taking on climate change

Nearly three billion people play video games every day. We can reach them through the games they already care about, and share localized climate policy solutions in ways that do not just build the educational value of the games, but actually make them more engaging to play.

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Rising temperatures, rising risks: The compounding effects of heat, drought, and flood

Climate disasters can have compounding and interconnected impacts. This blog puts the spotlight on the nexus of heat, drought, and flood.

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“Me muero de calor”: How Santiago is building local solutions for extreme heat

In Santiago, Chief Heat Officer Cristina Huidobro is building local solutions for climate-driven extreme heat.

From concrete to canopy: how three cities are using urban greening to protect their communities from extreme heat

Cities around the world experience soaring temperatures. Urban greenery plays a role in combatting the heat. This blog puts the spotlight on three cities—Miami, Freetown, and Melbourne—working hand-in-hand with local residents to plant the seeds for cooler, greener, and healthier cities of the future.

Fighting extreme heat with parametric insurance: protecting the livelihoods of women in India’s informal economy sector

Arsht-Rock’s new Extreme Heat Income Insurance will help 21,000 women in India recover wages lost due to climate-driven extreme heat events.

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Freetown on the frontlines of climate action: The city’s plan for extreme heat

Freetown, Sierra Leone launched its Climate Action Plan and Heat Season campaign to empower residents with the knowledge and tools they need to protect themselves from climate-driven extreme heat.

Miami’s Extreme Heat Action Plan: a blueprint to reduce the health and economic impacts of extreme heat

Miami’s Extreme Heat Action Plan will inform, prepare, and protect residents for extreme heat events next summer and beyond.

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What AB 2238 means for California: The bill that protects 40 million people from extreme heat

AB 2238, the recently signed Californian bill, will create a heat wave categorization system by January 1, 2025.

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Countdown to the “Cooling COP”: what we can learn from COP27

After days of intense negotiations, it is clear how much work remains after COP27. As formal negotiations fell short of expected outcomes, the actors and leaders beyond the COP27 negotiation table led the way in climate action and hope.

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Catalyzing insurance sector action to protect communities from extreme heat

Advancing the insurance sector’s core risk management capabilities will help nations, regions, and communities address the growing physical risks of climate change and extreme heat.

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How can Europe prepare for its next heat wave?

Arsht-Rock’s Global CHO Eleni Myrivili shares her three approaches in TED Talk.

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Categorizing and naming heat waves

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How do you categorize a heat wave? A health-based approach to heat resilience

Arsht-Rock’s health-based categorizing and naming system…

Can cities lead on climate change?

With 70 percent of global CO2 emissions generated in urban areas, cities are where the battle against climate change will be defined.

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Building heat resilience in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, is taking the lead to grapple with extreme heat in this fast-expanding African city. This week, in collaboration with Arsht-Rock, Mayor Aki-Sawyerr will appoint a Chief Heat Officer, a city official focused on heat and protecting the well-being of city residents.

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Mobile vegetable gardens in Chennai India: Building resilience to extreme heat and food insecurity

The Urban Horticulture Initiative aims to build local resilience by applying nature-based solutions to counter the adverse effects of extreme heat and related needs, such as food insecurity.

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Extreme heat: Pressure cooking our food system

This article explores the consequences of extreme heat on food systems. It provides examples of tools in the “toolbox of resilience solutions” we can implement to immediately safeguard farmers and the production of high-quality and ample food.

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Mobile Garden Kits: Addressing Food Insecurity Amid a Pandemic

Within two months of initiating a COVID-19 emergency response program, nearly 4,500 people received critical food rations along with seedlings for mobile garden kits that would yield fresh vegetables and greens in as little as three weeks.

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Migration Matters: Serving Essential Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected migrant farmworker communities across the United States and around the world. Despite this threat to their health, farmworkers continue their work on the front lines, planting and harvesting the crops that feed our country.

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Food relief on the frontlines

As jobless claims have gone up, so has the dire need for putting food on the table. Food banks across the country have been met with overwhelming demand, and still are today.

What if heat waves were named like hurricanes? New push draws mega insurers, Athens and Miami mayors, Red Cross and dozens more stakeholders

EHRA is pushing for a standard practice of naming and ranking heat waves globally so that communities and people can communicate about the emergency and adequately prepare.

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Houseless in a pandemic: How community “shows up” for their own to survive and thrive together

In Los Angeles, houseless individuals and grassroots advocates for the houseless are experiencing firsthand how the pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities and further stigmatized the houseless population, highlighting the need for community inclusion and resilience for all.

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Art as medicine: COVID-19, and the Black Lives Matter movement

Amid COVID-19 and the movement for racial justice, the current generation of artists is spreading compassion and healing through their works: painting, sculpture, textiles, drawings, and design.

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The perfect storm: Global pandemic, recession, and hurricanes – As these crises pile up, how do we build a resilient recovery?

Many Caribbean countries are in the crosshairs…

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How societies can fight pandemics and climate change at the same time

When looking to build resilience, addressing vulnerability offers policymakers the best path forward to lessen the impact of future pandemics and other natural disasters.

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Cosa Buena: A good thing for art and public health in Oaxaca

In Oaxaca, Mexico, Cosa Buena has taken its relationship with local artists to a new level in the coronavirus pandemic, collaborating with them to implement sustainable handwashing stations that serve as artistic sustenance as well as a public health measure.

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In crisis, social connectedness builds more resilient communities

In Miami, Sedano’s Supermarket partnered with local restaurants to employ up to 400 furloughed employees impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Building a Resilient Planet: How to Adapt to Climate Change From the Bottom Up

The conventional wisdom holds that climate change is a problem for international organizations, big governments, and global corporations to solve. Only those major players can make a dent in global greenhouse gas emissions, the thinking goes, and only they can pool the necessary resources. Given the monumental scale of the coming climate crisis, anything short of such high-level mobilization seems inconsequential, even futile.

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Fighting COVID-19 side by side with migrants

In a crisis where we are all explicitly told to “stay home” to help contain the spread of this virus, how do those who have been displaced from their homes comply?

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Building Virtual Communities: The Power of Technology to Connect People

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has become the connective tissue of our physically distant lives, from video call platforms to new tech ideas. Around the world and in our homes, we are turning to technological innovators to build resilience.

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Refugee women: The most vulnerable and yet the most resilient in this pandemic

Refugee women will be disproportionately affected by COVID-19, living in densely populated conditions without government support. Yet, as this story shows, their resilience and sense of personal agency is inspiring others around the globe.

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The First Responders of Fashion

Until just a few weeks ago,…

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We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in 50 years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future.

Kathy Baughman McLeod was asked what the world will be like in 50 years by Quartz. Here’s what her answers tell us about the future.

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Guide on How to Insure a Natural Asset

As part of Arsht-Rock’s mission to reach 1 Billion People with resilience solutions by 2030, we utilize this guide of insuring natural assets to reduce risk and vulnerabilities to communities on coasts, in cities and beyond.

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A New Partnership to Build a More Resilient Planet

As we enter a new decade, the global challenges that we face are more complex, frequent and intense than ever.

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The Case for Getting Serious About Resilience

Arsht-Rock has a goal of enhancing the resilience of one billion people by 2030. It aims to achieve this goal by identifying, implementing, and scaling solutions to the urgent crises of climate change, migration, and security.

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A “Paris” moment for loss and damage

What’s next for the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda?

A historic day for cooling: The launch of the Global Cooling Pledge

Why should COP28 prioritize extreme heat resilience? A guest feature from former President Felipe Calderón

The nexus of heat, health, and gender

Cooling the capital: How Athens is designing a cooler future

Catalyzing insurance sector action to protect communities from extreme heat

Protecting pregnant women from extreme heat’s impacts

The climate crisis: The economic, health, and developmental consequences of extreme heat

Cities are categorizing and naming heat waves—yours should, too.

Why early season heat waves can be so deadly

These five games are taking on climate change

Rising temperatures, rising risks: The compounding effects of heat, drought, and flood

“Me muero de calor”: How Santiago is building local solutions for extreme heat

From concrete to canopy: how three cities are using urban greening to protect their communities from extreme heat

Fighting extreme heat with parametric insurance: protecting the livelihoods of women in India’s informal economy sector

Freetown on the frontlines of climate action: The city’s plan for extreme heat

Miami’s Extreme Heat Action Plan: a blueprint to reduce the health and economic impacts of extreme heat

What AB 2238 means for California: The bill that protects 40 million people from extreme heat

Countdown to the “Cooling COP”: what we can learn from COP27

Catalyzing insurance sector action to protect communities from extreme heat

How can Europe prepare for its next heat wave?

How do you categorize a heat wave? A health-based approach to heat resilience

Can cities lead on climate change?

Building heat resilience in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Mobile vegetable gardens in Chennai India: Building resilience to extreme heat and food insecurity

Extreme heat: Pressure cooking our food system

Mobile Garden Kits: Addressing Food Insecurity Amid a Pandemic

Migration Matters: Serving Essential Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food relief on the frontlines

What if heat waves were named like hurricanes? New push draws mega insurers, Athens and Miami mayors, Red Cross and dozens more stakeholders

Houseless in a pandemic: How community “shows up” for their own to survive and thrive together

Art as medicine: COVID-19, and the Black Lives Matter movement

The perfect storm: Global pandemic, recession, and hurricanes – As these crises pile up, how do we build a resilient recovery?

How societies can fight pandemics and climate change at the same time

Cosa Buena: A good thing for art and public health in Oaxaca

In crisis, social connectedness builds more resilient communities

Building a Resilient Planet: How to Adapt to Climate Change From the Bottom Up

Fighting COVID-19 side by side with migrants

Building Virtual Communities: The Power of Technology to Connect People

Refugee women: The most vulnerable and yet the most resilient in this pandemic

The First Responders of Fashion

We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in 50 years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future.

Guide on How to Insure a Natural Asset

A New Partnership to Build a More Resilient Planet

The Case for Getting Serious About Resilience