Health issues and heat waves
In this lecture, we cover a first type of direct impacts :
- The impacts on freshwater availability
- The increase in heat wave risk
Adaptation to these impacts are important elements of adaptation strategies of numerous cities around the world.
Required reading
- Why avoiding climate change ‘maladaptation’ is vital (2021).
- Barnett, Jon, et Saffron O’Neill. 2010. «Maladaptation». Global Environmental Change 20 (2): 211‑13.
Freshwater availability
To know more
- A C40 webpage about freshwater availability in various cities across the world.
- On C40 website, examples of adaptation policies in:
- To know more about water and climate change in Paris, see this document [in French].
Heatwaves
Heatwaves and health issues
Adaptation to heatwaves
To know more
More resources on heat and adaptation:
- How to adapt your city to extreme heat? on C40 website
- Adapting to Heat on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency website
- The explanation of heat island effects on MIT website
- [in French] What is the heat island effect? and How can we adapt Paris to heatwaves? by the Agence Parisienne du Climat