How to survive heatwaves in the city

Every year summers are hotter and heat waves more frequent, with cities suffering most. A network of climate shelters in Barcelona isn’t only making people more comfortable, it’s also saving lives.

A quick clarification: The temperature on screen for Brazil at 8:04 refers to the perceived temperature. The actual high was 42 C.

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Credits:
Author: Amanda Coulson-Drasner
Camera: Henning Goll
Graphics: Adam Baheej Adada
Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Fact check: Jeannette Cwienk

Read more:
Climate shelter network Barcelona:
https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelona-p...

Dr. Ana Terra Amorim-Maia paper on climate shelter network:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

Record temperatures for half the world’s population:
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/h...

Future heat:
https://www.c40.org/what-we-do/scalin...

Heat action plans in India:
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/fi...

Heatwave in the Sahel:
https://www.worldweatherattribution.o...

Rio at 62ºC:
https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-heat-wav...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:54 Climate shelter background
04:22 Adaptations in climate shelters
07:16 Other adaptations
07:42 Global issue
08:51 Vulnerable populations
10:37 Conclusion