Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

[HTML][HTML] Urban climates and climate change

V Masson, A Lemonsu, J Hidalgo… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Cities are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather episodes, which are expected to
increase with climate change. Cities also influence their own local climate, for example …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

A stable and Self‐Healing thermochromic polymer coating for all weather thermal regulation

Y Liu, Y Zhang, T Chen, Z Jin, W Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Energy‐free thermal regulation is in great demand nowadays. Thermochromic materials are
widely explored and used in smart windows. However, most thermochromic materials have …

[HTML][HTML] Air-conditioning and the adaptation cooling deficit in emerging economies

F Pavanello, E De Cian, M Davide, M Mistry… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Increasing temperatures will make space cooling a necessity for maintain comfort and
protecting human health, and rising income levels will allow more people to purchase and …

[HTML][HTML] Worldwide potential of emissive materials based radiative cooling technologies to mitigate urban overheating

L Carlosena, Á Ruiz-Pardo, EÁ Rodríguez-Jara… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiative cooling has gained significant attention in recent years for its passive heat
evacuation capabilities. Numerous materials have been developed, but comparing their …

Increasing heat‐stress inequality in a warming climate

MR Alizadeh, JT Abatzoglou, JF Adamowski… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptation is key to minimizing heatwaves' societal burden; however, our understanding of
adaptation capacity across the socioeconomic spectrum is incomplete. We demonstrate that …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between climate change perceptions and climate adaptation actions: policy support, information seeking, and behaviour

AM Van Valkengoed, G Perlaviciute, L Steg - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
People are increasingly exposed to climate-related hazards, including floods, droughts, and
vector-borne diseases. A broad repertoire of adaptation actions is needed to adapt to these …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptation principles: a guide for designing strategies for climate change adaptation and resilience

S Hallegatte, J Rentschler, J Rozenberg - 2020 - openknowledge.worldbank.org
Effective action on resilience and climate change adaptation can be a complex task—
requiring coordinated efforts from the highest levels of government to individual households …

Heat waves and adaptation: A global systematic review

M Kiarsi, M Amiresmaili, MR Mahmoodi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Given the increasing trend of global warming and extreme weather conditions,
including heat waves and its effects on health, the present study was done to investigate …