Heatwaves 101
This continent experienced multiple, long heatwaves in the summer of 2025.
What is Europe?
People with this economic status are at a very high risk during heatwaves?
What is low income?
What is one type of climate adaptation found in most cities, but is not often free to access?
What is a community pool?
During a heatwave in 2022, this country saw a doubling of emergency room visits.
What is France?
This presentation argued that heatwaves are mainly this type of issue?
What is a social issue?
This country saw the highest European temperature ever recorded during last summer's heatwave.
What is Portugal?
What cooling system is often missing in low income housing?
What is an air conditioning unit?
What adaptation is recommended to be added to care homes and long term care centers?
What is a cooling room?
Which province saw that 56% of heatwave related deaths occurred to people living alone?
What is British Columbia?
Heatwave deaths are preventable true or false?
What is false?
This phenomenon is causing heatwaves to become more frequent and severe.
What is climate change?
This factor, often linked to poverty, prevents low income communities from accessing healthcare?
What is lack of transportation?
What spaces need to be added to low income communities?
What are green spaces?
The majority of heatwave related deaths occur in what type of area?
What is low-income communities?
How will climate change impact heatwaves in the future?
What is increase frequency and severity?
A common medical condition caused by heatwaves.
Hint: Some of you may have experienced it before
What is heatstroke?
What did my project argue was the best solution to deal with these heatwaves?
What is to make the poor less poor?
What does HHAPS stand for?
What are Heat-Health Action Plans?
Which regions of the world are at the highest risk?
What is South Asia and Africa?
Making poor people less poor will solve the issue entirely, true or false?
What is false?
Most definitions of heatwaves are when temperatures exceed a defined threshold for a minimum of this many days.
What is 3-5 days?
Other than low income people, this group has the highest death rates due to heatwaves.
Who are the elderly or those living along?
HHAPs exist in many countries but they need to be updated to do what?
What is better protect the vulnerable
Why do regions such as Africa and South Asia face a high risk from heatwaves?
What are they have large populations, a lack of resources to avoid extreme heat, and a majority of work being outdoors?
Globally, how many people per year do heatwaves kill?
What is half a million?