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Heat in the City
2024 - The Connective Cities Deep Dive Event from 3 to 6 June in Heidelberg, Germany
Author:
Dr. Susanne Reiff | Redaktion: Laura Hennecke
Publisher:
Connective Cities
Description:
“Heat in the City” is the first Deep Dive learning project run by Connective Cities. Through the “Deep Dive” model, the Connective Cities platform allows municipalities to assign two or three staff spend two to three years as part of an international group focusing on a global issue which is relevant to cities.
2023 was the warmest year since weather records began. Heat accumulated with great intensity in cities, leading to the formation of “heat islands”. In the period from 1986 to 2005 German cities experienced twice as many days with temperatures of 30°C or more than in surrounding areas. Without wide-ranging countermeasures, this number could increase tenfold by 2100. Hot weather particularly affects vulnerable groups such as older people, children, the sick, homeless people and people who work outdoors.
From mid-2023 to mid-2025, six municipalities are joining forces for the Connective Cities “Heat in the City” Deep Dive. Together they are analysing the impacts of heatwaves and how heat islands form in their cities, and they are developing solutions tailored to local conditions. The cities involved are Lüdenscheid and Heidelberg (Germany), Aswan (Egypt), Nairobi and Mombasa (Kenya), and Lviv (Ukraine).
At a meeting in Nairobi in March 2024 the delegates undertook detailed work to identify the challenges their cities face and started developing a strategy to manage them. By the end of 2024 they aim to implement pilot projects which can be scaled up at a later date. At a third in-person workshop in Heidelberg from 3 to 6 June 2024 they expanded on their pilot projects and drafted action plans for implementing the projects.
This documentation presents the results to date in detail.
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English
Page count:
8
Copyright:
Connective Cities
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Heat in the City
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