Experts
Rick Miller
Deputy director, Resilience Hubs
Yuval Baharav
Associate Director, Extreme Heat Initiative
Juan José Guzmán Ayala
Advisor, Adaptation Finance & Policy Initiative
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Wed, Dec 14, 2022
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.
Articles by Catherine Wallace
Thu, Nov 10, 2022
Arsht-Rock Announces Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico, as First Global Ambassador for Heat Action at COP27
Arsht-Rock announced that Former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón will be the first-ever Global Ambassador for Heat Action to advance heat adaptation at an international scale.
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Wed, Nov 9, 2022
Arsht-Rock announces the Cool Capital Stack: A $750 million investment pipeline to protect the world from extreme heat
Arsht-Rock announces the Cool Capital Stack at COP27 to address the urgent climate crisis of extreme heat with an aggregation of projects and technologies to protect people and local economies.
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Mon, Oct 24, 2022
Arup, Mahila Housing Trust, and Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) join Arsht-Rock’s Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance
OCTOBER 24, 2022, Washington D.C.—Three new
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Thu, Oct 6, 2022
Melbourne, Australia, Lord Mayor Announces City’s First-ever Chief Heat Officers
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — 7 October, 2022
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Sat, Oct 1, 2022
El Centro de Resiliencia de la Fundación Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller lanza el desarrollo de la estrategia para la creación de Centros de Resiliencia en el condado de Miami-Dade
La creación de una sólida red de centros ayudará a las comunidades a prepararse y responder al cambio climático y los desastres naturales.
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Fri, Sep 9, 2022
California Governor Newsom signs bill that will protect Californians from extreme heat
California Governor Newsom signed AB 2238, one of the most substantive bills addressing climate-driven heat passed in this year’s legislative session. The bill will require the California Environmental Protection Agency to develop a first-ever statewide system to rank heat waves by January 1, 2025.
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Mon, Jul 25, 2022
Heat Wave Zoe: Seville Becomes First City in the World to Officially Name a Heat Wave
A severe heat wave isgripping Seville today with temperatures expected to exceed 42° C for the next several days.
News
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
How can Europe prepare for its next heat wave?
Arsht-Rock's Global CHO Eleni Myrivili shares her three approaches in TED Talk.
Articles
Wed, Jun 29, 2022
First-ever Global Chief Heat Officer announced at the World Urban Forum
UN-Habitat and Arsht-Rock made the announcement under the framework of a collaboration to address the impact of extreme urban heat.
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