Heat waves and high air temperature are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
However, the majority of research conducted on this topic is focused on high income areas …

Urban regions have exceptional attributes that leave their dwellers and properties
vulnerable to climate variability and change. Global temperatures continue to change …

Background: Studies have examined the effects of temperature on mortality in a single city,
country, or region. However, less evidence is available on the variation in the associations …

Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of
the Asian region over the past century (high confidence).{24.3} Increasing numbers of warm …

As the largest developing country, China has been changing rapidly over the last three
decades and its economic expansion is largely driven by the use of fossil fuels, which leads …

Global warming is leading to increased heat stress in many regions around the world. An
extensive number of heat stress indicators (HSIs) has been developed to measure the …

Few multicity studies have been conducted to investigate the acute health effects of cold and
hot temperatures in China. We aimed to examine the relationship between temperature and …

Globally, billions of people live in energy poverty without the means to access affordable
and clean energy which are fundamental to sustainable development. Climate change is …

Research on urban vulnerability has grown considerably during recent years, yet consists
primarily of case studies based on conflicting theories and paradigms. Assessing urban …

Despite the active applications of thermal comfort indices for heat wave definitions, there is
lack of evaluation for the impact of extended days of high temperature on health outcomes …