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Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Governor Claudio Orrego and the Atlantic Council announce new Chief Heat Officer for Santiago de Chile
Governor Claudio Orrego and the Atlantic Council’s Arsht-Rock Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock) announced that Patricia Pasten is Santiago de Chile’s newest Chief Heat Officer (CHO).
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Tue, Nov 21, 2023
Atlantic Council announces wide-ranging programming at COP28
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Arsht-Rock Resilience Center’s Global Ambassador for Heat, Health, and Gender, joins the Atlantic Council at COP28
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Wed, Jul 26, 2023
Report reveals extreme heat’s toll on women’s health and income
This report examines the disproportionate impacts of climate-driven extreme heat on women's livelihoods and health in India, Nigeria and the US.
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Sun, Jul 9, 2023
The second named heat wave of the summer: Heat Wave Xenia Sevilla
The ProMETEO Seville pilot project names incoming, high-risk heat wave Yago Seville. This is the second ever heat wave to receive a name.
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Fri, Jun 23, 2023
Heat Wave Yago Sevilla: ProMETEO names incoming heat wave in Seville, Spain
The ProMETEO Seville pilot project names incoming, high-risk heat wave Yago Seville. This is the second ever heat wave to receive a name.
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Fri, May 26, 2023
High-Level Champions and Arsht-Rock mobilize the private financial sector to unlock climate adaptation and resilience finance and projects
The partnership will mobilize concrete actions and contributions by the private financial sector—particularly institutional investors, the insurance industry and the banking community.
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Wed, May 3, 2023
Dhaka North becomes the first city in Asia to appoint a Chief Heat Officer
Dhaka will join the ranks of Arsht-Rock’s Global Champions for Heat Action in one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
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Tue, May 2, 2023
Elissavet Bargianni announced as new Chief Heat Officer for Athens, Greece
Bargianni succeeds Eleni Myrivili, who held the position since 2021, and is now the Global Chief Heat Officer for UN-Habitat.
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Fri, Apr 21, 2023
Arsht-Rock launches second year of categorizing and naming heat waves in Seville, Spain
proMETEO Seville, developed in collaboration with Arsht-Rock and a network of meteorological, scientific and academic partners, links weather forecasts to health outcomes.
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Tue, Mar 7, 2023
Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton named Arsht-Rock Global Ambassador for Heat, Health, and Gender
Marking SEWA’s 50th anniversary, Arsht-Rock announces co-creation of the new Extreme Heat Income Insurance, a climate resilience tool to replace income lost to climate-driven extreme heat for women in the informal sector.
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