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Webinar: Heatwaves in cities

  • By Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
  • 09/08/2019
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When: Thursday 15th August 1pm BST / 8am DST

This webinar will focus on cities and heatwaves and include the following speakers: Roop Singh from the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Hunter Jones from the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) and Kate Strachan from ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) in Africa to discuss the challenges facing cities from increasing temperatures and steps for effective city heatwave management.

Click HERE to join the webinar at the appropriate time If you would like to be kept informed about the Climate Centre's urban work and future webinars in this series click HERE.

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