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SUMMARY:CLIMACT Seminar Series - Daniela Domeisen & Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The CLIMACT seminar series “A Climate of Transformation” i
 s an interactive online event. It takes place twice a month\, every second
  Monday during your lunch break\, with two new speakers.\nEach episode aim
 s to strengthen the dialogue and collaboration between key UNIL and EPFL s
 cientists\, swiss politicians\, entrepreneurs and various actors from the 
 civil society\, through collective reflection.\nA wide range of climate ch
 ange-related topics will be discussed\, integrating perspectives from all 
 sectors and academic disciplines in order to generate new leads and initia
 tives towards systemic solutions.\nYour expertise\, ideas\, critical think
 ing and vision for the future is essential. \nJoin CLIMACT in the discuss
 ion!\n\nExtended-range prediction and warnings for heatwaves\nPresented by
  Prof. Daniela Domeisen I UNIL FGSE\n\n\nThe increasing frequency of heatw
 aves under climate change represents a global crisis. Extreme heatwaves no
 w increasingly occur in places that did not experience such extremes in th
 e past. This crisis could be mitigated by advance prediction and ample war
 nings\, since the time for countries\, cities and municipalities to prepar
 e for heatwaves is often longer than the current warning timescale for hea
 twaves.\nIndeed\, there is potential for issuing heat warnings beyond curr
 ently used warning timescales\, since heatwaves are the most predictable e
 xtreme weather events\, with predictable lead times of several weeks in ad
 vance. This presentation will focus on the potential of heatwave predictio
 n and warnings on timescales of days to weeks\, including an evaluation of
  the benefits of such warnings for human lives and livelihoods in the fram
 ework of the “HEATaware” project.\n\nLatest epidemiological research o
 n heat & human health\nPresented by Prof. Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera I Universi
 ty of Bern\n\n\nHeat is considered the deadliest climate-related hazard in
  developed countries\, responsible for more than 20 deaths per 100\,000 pe
 ople in Europe. Additionally\, heat is associated with an increased risk o
 f hospitalizations due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases\, among 
 others. Substantial research and policy efforts have been invested to bett
 er understand mechanisms and vulnerabilities from heat exposure and develo
 p.\nDespite that\, heat continues to pose a significant health risk\, with
  a substantial health burden attributed to it in every region of the world
 . The talk will cover the latest research on the impact of heat on human h
 ealth in terms of large geographical assessments\, differential vulnerabil
 ity\, and attribution of heat-health impacts to climate change.\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63821341998
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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