extreme heat

COP28 presents an opportunity for global leaders and countries to create substantive climate policy, not 'diplomacy-coated' empty promises.

Chico Sol | Climate change is driving record high temperatures in places like Chico, where the unhoused -- some of them survivors of past fires -- turn to one another to survive.

At a Sept. 26 EMS briefing, state and community organizations shared how they were adapting to extreme heat on the community level.

Chief Heat Officers in LA, Miami & Phoenix share lessons learned, strategies they are using to undertake this unprecedented task of raising public awareness around extreme heat as well as overseeing municipal measures that respond to the problem.

What works best in terms of building public awareness in underserved parts of the state about the danger of extreme heat? What success stories can we share? What challenges lie ahead?

EMS | Three unhoused veterans of Bay Area summer heat waves say their most important tips for surviving the rising temperatures have come from other unhoused people.

California braces for a new normal that includes extreme, deadly heat. But the state has made investments to keep its people cool.

Peninsula 360 | Farmworkers in Fresno use a variety of strategies to manage the risks of extreme heat, from starting earlier to staying hydrated and on alert for signs of heat stroke.

加州消防廳推出一項1億1700萬美元的新計畫，透過把學校路面改為耐旱綠色空間，提供孩子們可躲避創紀錄高溫的綠蔭。