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GlobalHeat

ResilienceService

>Buildingthefoundationforheatresilientcommunities

GEOandpartnersaredevelopingaservicethatwillprovideeveryurbanareaintheworldwithdataandknowledgeonthehealthrisksfromexposuretoextremeheat.Theseinsightswillhelpcitiesdevelopplanstoadapttoheatandreducetheimpactoncitizens’healthandlocaleconomies.

Theimpactofheat

onhealthandsociety

Hotdaysandextremeheateventsarebecomingmoreintenseandmorefrequent.Citiesare

particularlyaffected,duetoanurbanheatislandeffectthatcanincreasetemperaturesbyupto20degreesCelsius.

Theimpactsonhealtharesignificant.Extremeheatisalreadythedeadliestweatherevent,responsibleforanestimated500,000excessdeathseachyear1.Withrisingtemperaturesandrapidurbanization,

thisfigureisexpectedtorisesignificantly.

Theelderly,youngchildren,pregnantwomen,

andpeoplewithchronichealthconditionsare

particularlyvulnerable.Heatalsoimpactsairquality,

diseasetransmission,workplaceinjuryandmentalhealth,andcaninterruptessentialservicessuchasenergy,waterandtransport.

Economiesalsosuffer.Theglobaleconomy’s

estimatedcostfromheatstressthroughlost

workinghoursisestimatedtobe$2.4trillionby

20302.Poorercommunitiesareworstaffected.

Twothirdsofglobalexposuretoextremeheat

occursinurbanareasintheglobalsouthwhere

rapidurbanizationandclimaticchangesaremorepronounced,buttherearefewerresourcesto

mitigateandadapttoclimaterisks.Economic

lossesfromheatarefourtimeshigherinlow-

incomecountiesthanintheworld’swealthiest

regions3.Withincities,low-incomeneighbourhoodsmayexperiencegreaterheatexposuredueto

overcrowding,lowerconstructionstandardsandalackofgreenspaces4.

Theprojectsitsatthenexusofseveraldevelopmentchallenges:climatechange-health-urbanization.Assuchit

respondstogoalsandtargetssetoutinanumberoftheSustainableDevelopmentGoals.TheseareSDG3:GoodHealth&Well-being;SDG11:SustainableCities&Communities;andSDG13:ClimateAction.Thepartnership

approachneededtodesignanddelivertheprojectalsoalignswellwithSDG17:PartnershipsforGoals

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WhydoweneedaGlobalHeatResilienceService?

Deathandillnesscanbepreventedwithtailored

strategies,suchasinvestingingreenspacesin

vulnerableareas,andbyimprovingearlywarningsystemsandadaptationplans,assupportedbythe

UN’sEarlyWarningforAllinitiative.

However,mostcitiesdon’thavecomprehensive

heatresiliencestrategiesoreffectiveearlywarningsystemsbecausetheydon’thavetheurbandata

neededforriskassessmentandmanagement.

Somecitiesdohaveheatvulnerabilitydata,

buttheseareoftentheresultofone-off,costly

exercises.Eveninrichercountries,it’schallengingforcitiestocollectandanalyzedataonthefull

rangeofvariables-weather,climate,infrastructure,health,socio-economicandcopingcapacities-

thentranslatethatdataintoevidencethatcaninformstrategiesandotheractions.

Itwillbemorecost-effectivetopreparecitiesforextremeheatnowthantodealwiththe

impactslater.Butcurrentlyonlyaround7-8%ofglobalurbanclimatefinancingneedsarebeingmet,withfarlessstillflowingtourbanareasintheglobalsouth.Akeybarriertoaccessingthis

climatefinanceisalackofappropriatedataandinformationwithwhichtodevelopfeasibleplansandprojectstomitigaterisks.

TheGlobalHeatResilienceServiceaimstofillthesegaps.Usingthelatestdigitaltoolsand

leveragingthepowerofcloudcomputingandArtificialIntelligence,theservicewillhelpcitiestounderstandwhenandwhereextremeheat

eventswilloccur,whowillbemostvulnerable,andwhatactionscanbetakentomanagerisks.

AbouttheGlobalHeatResilienceService

TheGlobalHeatResilienceServicewilldeliverhigh-quality,city-specificinformationtoinformimprovedpublichealth,economicresilienceandsustainableurbandevelopment,nowandintothefuture.

Theservicewillprovideatrusted,freeandopen-

accessdecision-supporttoolforallcitiesaround

theworld.Theservicewillsupportcitiesinboth

preparingforemergenciesandthroughlonger-

termplanningtopreventheat-relatedrisks.Itwill

allowthemtocollect,analyseandintegrateglobal,regionalandlocaldataandknowledge,onweather,health,demographics,thebuiltenvironment,

infrastructureandthesocialfactorstobeableto

betterunderstandthehealth-risksfromextremeheat.

InputdatawillcomefromEarthobservations

(satellitesandin-situmeasurements),existing

statisticalandgeospatialdata,localsurveysandfieldmeasurements.Citizen-scienceanddata

collectioninitiativeswilloffertheopportunitytoempowercommunities,includingyoungpeople,tocontributetodevelopingknowledgeonheatvulnerabilityintheircities.

Analysis-readydatawillbemadeavailable

throughtheserviceatasuitablespatial-scaletohighlightlocalvariationsinheatriskfromstreettostreet,neighbourhoodtoneighbourhood.

Citieswillalsobeabletoincorporatetheirowndatawithintheservicetoinformlocaldecisionmakinginadvanceofandduringextremeheatevents.Informationandadditionalsupport

providedbytheservicewillbeusedbyarange

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ofcitystakeholderstointerpretandtranslateriskinformationintopolicies,plansandinvestmentstoincreaseresiliencetoheat,reducingtheburdenofheat-relatedillnesses,deathsandeconomiclosses.

Involvingcommunitiesandimportantly,young

people,willensureawarenessofheat-relatedriskscanbedisseminatedthroughschoolsandcolleges.Theprojectwillalsoprovideanopportunity

todeveloplocaltechnologysectorsthrough

hackathonsthatdeveloptailoreddata-drivenapps

GlobalIntegratedUrbanHeat&HealthService

Meteorological

andclimatemodels

seasonaland

sub-seasonalheat

forecasts

satellitebasedmapping

ofpeople,infrastructure

andotherassets

Heatvulnerabilitymapping

community-based

mappingofheatand

socialvulnerability

Decision-support platformforheatresilienceplanning

socio-economic

andpublichealthdata

Technicalsupport,

capacitybuildingandawarenessraisingtools

inputsoutputsoutcomes

citiescanbetter

understandrisks

fromheat

citiescanbetter

addressrisksfromheat

throughlocalsolutions

citiescanbetter

communicaterisks

fromheattoraise

awareness

Whowillusetheservice?

•Cityandregionalplannerstodeveloptargetedadaptationandmitigationplansthathelpmitigatetheimpactofheatintheurbanenvironment,

throughdesignandconstructionofbuildingsandinfrastructure

•Publichealthauthoritiestocommunicaterisksandmitigationactionstoreducehealthimpacts

•Healthcareprovidersandemergency

servicestoprepareandrespondtoheat-relatedemergencies-preparingforincreasesinheat-relatedillnessesandinjuries

•Communitymemberstounderstandtherisksof

heatwavesandprotectthemselvesandtheirfamilies.

•Privatesectortodevelopproductsandservices

relatedtocoolingandotherriskreductioninitiatives

•Governmentstodesignpoliciestomitigateriskonpopulationsandimprovetheefficacyofearlywarningsystems,andmobilizefinanceforclimateadaptation

•Insurancecompaniesindesigningappropriateinsuranceproductstooffsetlossesfromheat

•Researcherswhoneedaccesstodataonheatwavesandtheirhealthimpactstoinformpolicyandresearch.

•Non-GovernmentOrganisationstoinform

developmentandhumanitarianprojectsinurbanenvironmentswithlocalcommunities

•Intergovernmentalagenciestoinformpoliciesandinitiativestosupportgovernmentsin

adaptationandmitigation

•InternationalconventionssuchastheUNFCCCtomonitortheimpactsofclimatechangeonpublichealthandinformactivities

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Abouttheproject

GEOandtheWorldMeteorologicalOrganizationhavedevelopedtheprojectconcept.Aproject

teamcomprisedofscientificandpolicyexperts

ontheuseofEarthobservationsforclimate

change,urbanization,andhealthwillfacilitate

theco-designoftheserviceinpartnershipwith

representativesofhealth,meteorologicaland

emergencymanagementagencies,cityandlocalgovernmentsandtheircommunities,statistical

andmappingagencies,expertsindataanalytics,

softwaredevelopmentanduserexperiencedesign.

Thekeystagesoftheprojectwillbeprojectdesign(tobecompletedbyearly2024),datacollection

andprocessing,interfacedevelopment,piloting

andscale-up.Theprojectwillrequirefundingat

eachstagetocovercostsincludingpersonnel,dataacquisitionandanalysis,softwaredevelopment

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andhardwareinfrastructure,operationsand

maintenance.TheServicewillbeakeyinputforthedeliveryofaGlobalEarlyWarningSystemforAlltobedevelopedby2027aspartofacommitmentbytheUNSecretaryGeneral.

Weareseekingpartnerstocollaborateon

theproject.Inthecurrentdesignstage,we

arelookingforactivecity-levelpartnersto

testandrefineapproachestomappingand

understandinghealth-relatedriskfromheat.Collaborationwillalsobesoughtthroughoutdesignandimplementationphaseswith

thosewhocanprovidethefollowingsupport:

scientific/technical(Earthobservationmethodstools,datamanagement);policy&advocacy;

stakeholder&community/youthengagement;capacitybuilding;fundingandinvestment.

AboutGEO

TheGrouponEarthObservations

(GEO)isaglobalpartnership

comprisedof114governments,

162international,privatesector

andcivilsocietyorganizationsandthousandsofscientistscollaboratingtoprovideequitableaccesstoEarth

observationin