Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
The webinar series features community case studies from the urban heat island mapping campaigns to show how cities are working to address extreme heat risk. The second webinar, “Conducting Heat Vulnerability Indices,” will highlight communities that are examining heat risk exposure and vulnerability.
NIHHIS to Host Second Webinar in Urban Heat Island Community of Practice Series Read More »
The webinars will feature community case studies from the urban heat island mapping campaigns to show how cities are working to address extreme heat risk.
NIHHIS to Host Urban Heat Island Community of Practice Webinar Series Read More »
Coggin spoke about the importance of the campaign in an interview with NBC4 as he volunteered with the Arlington County, Virginia community in their efforts to map urban heat.
CEE’s John Coggin Speaks to DC-area Media about Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign Read More »
Five new projects will build on outcomes from NOAA’s community-led urban heat mapping campaigns NOAA’s Climate Program Office (CPO) is pleased to announce $1.25 million for five new projects that will support decision making in neighborhoods grappling with inequitably distributed impacts from the deadliest weather-related risk in the United States—extreme heat. As climate change makes heat waves more frequent and longer
The webinar will explore how increasing community engagement in both understanding and measuring urban heat through the use of a novel participatory research campaign framework can lead to climate action efficacy in US cities.
The workshop brought together a diverse community to share developments in research and application of weather and climate information for societal decision-making.
Jones is set to discuss the social equity implications of extreme heat and how the NIHHIS-funded urban heat island mapping campaigns are providing vital information. This highly visible event will reach hundreds to thousands of Weather-Ready Nation ambassadors interested in extreme heat risk mitigation and social equity
CPO’s Hunter Jones Featured in Weather-Ready Nation’s Social Equity-Focused Roundtable Read More »
The app provides easy access to data from the NOAA urban heat island mapping campaigns for researchers, government offices, and other users.
NIHHIS and NOAA Environmental VizLab Collaborate on Urban Heat Island App Read More »
A new report cautions that weather and climate conditions, including the onset of higher temperatures during spring, should not be used as a trigger to relax COVID-19 transmission reduction measures.
NOAA’s approach to climate and health, and in building the National Integrated Heat Health Information System using an integrated information systems approach, is of great interest to the National Security and Intelligence communities as they tackle the rapidly emerging issue of health and security.
CPO’s Juli Trtanj to Speak on Climate and Health at Environmental Security Summit Read More »