February 6, 2024
Fighting Extreme Heat: Eleni Myrivili / Global Chief Heat Officer
Stressing the need for awareness, Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili leads the response to extreme heat that threatens lives and livelihoods worldwide. She outlines ideal countermeasures.

Other Resources

Confronting a “silent killer"
This peer-reviewed article examines how extreme heat acts as a “silent killer” in urban West Africa and explores innovative, low-cost cooling interventions through the MEER pilot in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The study highlights lived experiences of heat vulnerability among low-income residents and evaluates how surface cooling technologies and community-oriented design can reduce heat exposure in informal settlements.
November 17, 2025
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MEERTalk November 2025
Good Vibrations from the Soil: Seismology for Ecosystem Monitoring
November 6, 2025
MEERTALK