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Impacts in Europe: 鈥榃e have a lot of people who are energy poor with little protection.鈥

Impacts in Europe: 鈥榃e have a lot of people who are energy poor with little protection.鈥

Europe

In the past year we鈥檝e seen 欧美口爆视频 spread across Europe in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece. These 欧美口爆视频 damaged the land and displaced thousands of people.

As people across Europe grappled to find security, Eleni Myrivili, the UN global chief heat officer, worked to spearhead heat response and resilience measures in cities around the globe.

High temperatures are particularly hard on urban areas, where buildings and pavement absorb and radiate heat. Aside from the additional heat from the sun, cities also have a higher concentration of people, cars and machinery, which further raises city temperatures.

Climate experts have long warned of rising temperatures and increased risks for human health and infrastructure.

鈥淲e are worried about cities because that鈥檚 where the majority of the population is,鈥 Myrivili said.

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World map with Europe and Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece highlighted

鈥淲e have a lot of people who are socio-economically vulnerable and who are energy poor with little protection against these extreme events. We have to recognize heat as a crisis to focus on.鈥

鈥擡leni Myrivili

UN global chief heat officer

Busy city streets

5掳C听 to 9掳C warmer temperature in cities than rural areas from the concentration of people, cars, machinery and buildings absorbing sunlight

Boats on dried lakebed

~80 million full-time jobs could be lost worldwide because of heat stress if no action is taken by 2030, resulting in losses of $2.3 trillion

5 million people die each year because of extreme temperatures

By integrating human rights within climate solutions, we can develop inclusive mitigation and adaptation strategies.

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