41°C in the middle of winter, right now in Australia… 2024 is set to be the hottest year in history. Are our bodies well adapted to tomorrow’s temperatures?
With global warming, the world is facing more frequent, more intense, and longer heat waves. This is not only an environmental emergency, it is also a health emergency. This summer, the UN once again sounded the alarm and declared that humanity is suffering from an “extreme heat epidemic.” As for the WHO, it expects the number of heat-related deaths to “skyrocket.” “To die of heat” is unfortunately just an expression.
How can we improve the quality of housing and amenities in urban blocks to withstand future heat waves?
A report produced by Céline Loozen.
At the Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health, Basile Chaixresearch director at Inserm, coordinates the H3Sensing study, aimed at observing and measuring the physical and physiological parameters of a population in Greater Paris.
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To go further
Heat kills more and more, the state response remains lukewarm (Mediapart, August 2024)
Why heat waves will increase stroke risk (Brain & Psycho, May 2024)
Heatwave: What heat does to the brain (For Science, 2023)
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