Heatwaves 101
Which group has the highest death rates due to heatwaves? (excluding low income groups)
Who are the elderly or those with preexisting medical conditions?
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?
In what year were 3000 people killed by a heatwave in the United Kingdom?
What is 2022?
This presentation argued that heatwaves a mainly this type of issue?
What is a social issue?
Heatwaves are considered what type of weather event?
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?
How many people died during the 2003 European heatwave?
What is 70, 000 people?
Heatwave deaths are preventable true or false?
What is false?
Heatwaves are becoming more frequent due to what man made weather event?
What is Global Warming?
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 heat wave 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?
What is the most common medical condition caused by heatwaves?
Hint: Many of you probably 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 East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa?
Making poor people less poor will solve the issue entirely true or false?
What is false?
Poor people don't only die in poor countries, where else are their high death rates?
What are wealthy nations?
What socioeconomic issue describes how to people in the same city can experience heatwaves differently?
What are social inequalities?
Besides physical cooling systems what other measures do governments need to put in place?
What is educating the public?
Why are said regions are the highest risk?
What is large populations and a majority of work being outdoors?
Globally, how many people per year do heatwaves kill?
What is half a million?