Topic hub·Protecting bodies from heat

Heat Resilience

Building communities that stay safe when heat waves push the limits of the human body — through physiology, measurement and passive intervention.

Wet-bulb survivability limit
35°C
Physiological modeling engine
JOS-3
Heatwave frequency vs 1980s
3×
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Assess the risk

Measure what heat actually does to human bodies, in the specific places where they live and work.

02

Protect the most exposed

03

Understand the science

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