September 19, 2025
MEER Podcast - David Spratt
David Spratt joins hosts Arjana and Kathy to talk climate risk, tipping points, and the case for surface-based, reversible cooling alongside deep decarbonization. Practical, people-first strategies to cut heat stress now—no silver bullets, just grounded engineering.
Guest: David Spratt—climate communicator and policy analyst; co-author of Climate Code Red and research director at Breakthrough (Australia).

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