Extreme Heat Events in Cities: Societal Impacts and Solutions

October 25, 2018

Extreme heat events cause more deaths in the typical year than any other type of extreme event. They also pose major challenges to our infrastructure. As our planet warms under increasing greenhouse gases, there is high confidence that heat extremes will become even more frequent and intense.

Participants include:
• Kizzy Charles-Guzman, New York City Mayor's Office of Recovery & Resiliency
• Robert Haas, Radiant Solutions
• Katherine Marvel, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• Gavin Schmidt, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• Peggy Shepard, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Introductory remarks by Lisa Goddard, Director, International Research Institute for Climate and Society