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:
  • New York
  • Lisbon
  • Delhi
• 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