Europeans don’t get scolded enough for their resistance to air conditioning. In terms of accounting for preventable deaths, Greece has 2x more heat-related deaths per capita annually than Mississippi has gun deaths.
By comparison, the worst US state for heat related deaths, Nevada - a literal desert - has >10x fewer deaths per capita than Greece.
lwansbrough
"Extreme Heat" seems to be 37-40 degrees Celsius which is bafflingly mundane to me as an Australian who grew up in rural New South Wales. We'd pack 30 kids and a teacher into an un-airconditioned classroom with just a ceiling fan and the windows open in that temperature.
I imagine the buildings there just aren't built to support that heat plus the body height of hundreds or thousands of attendees?
shitloadofbooks
> Hosted in collaboration with the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance.
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By comparison, the worst US state for heat related deaths, Nevada - a literal desert - has >10x fewer deaths per capita than Greece.
lwansbrough
I imagine the buildings there just aren't built to support that heat plus the body height of hundreds or thousands of attendees?
shitloadofbooks
Their climate resilience seems low.
> The event will finish with a fire side chat
Is this a prank?
delichon
zaik
kiriberty
indigodaddy
Glauber's salt is a PCM phase-change material that melts at 90F / 32.4C and starts absorbing thermal energy.
westurner
mikelitoris
regnull