Preliminaries; CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Heat and health; 3. Heat-health action plans; References; Further reading; Web links to selected European heat-health action plans; Annex: Public health response to heat-waves: a set of information sheets;
Summary
Climate change is leading to variations in weather patterns and an apparent increase in extreme weather events, including heat-waves. Recent heat-waves in the WHO European Region have led to a rise in related mortality but the adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. This guidance results from the EuroHEAT project on improving public health responses to extreme weather/heatwaves, co-funded by WHO and the European Commission. It explains the importance of the development of heat-health action plans, their characteristics and core elements, with examples f
