EXHAUSTION heat-health impact projections tool
Description
The EXHAUSTION interactive tool visualizes how climate change will affect human lives in urban settings under possible future socio-economic and greenhouse gas emission scenarios, emphasizing the need for climate action and policy planning. The tool visualizes heat- and cold-related mortality across 854 European cities between 2015 and 2099. It highlights the variation in impact across different European regions and shows a clear increase in net effect, with heat-related deaths increasing more than cold-related deaths decrease, particularly in Southern Europe. The tool allows to identify regions and age groups most vulnerable to climate change, which can inform targeted policy and public health interventions.
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The ENBEL project supports EU policy making by bringing together leaders in climate change and health research through a network of major international health and climate research projects under the Belmont Forum’s Collaborative Research Action (CRA), Societal Challenge 1 and 5 of EU’s Horizon 2020, and other national and international funding schemes. This network develops evidence syntheses and co-produces with stakeholders a series of tailor-made knowledge products. The key thematic focus is on environmental and occupational heat, air pollution (including from wildfires) and climate-sensitive infectious diseases, with specific attention given to high-risk groups and populations.
Published in Climate-ADAPT Apr 26 2024 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Apr 26 2024