Blog | Managing heat wave disaster risks: Strategies to mitigate a warming world

By Ari Rakatama   Today, heat waves have transitioned from occasional events to persistent and intensified threats that endanger lives, economies, and ecosystems. Heat waves, characterised by extended periods of excessively high temperatures, often exacerbated by humidity, are particularly hazardous in urban environments due to the ‘urban heat island’ effect. Here, concrete buildings, asphalt roads, […]