Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Summers in the UK are getting hotter, with the impacts of heat waves caused by climate change being especially felt in urban areas. But our current heat alert systems are not fit for purpose.

The University of Leicester Institute for Policy presents Dr Abigail Waring from the University of Leicester and the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO).

Read the Policy Briefing Paper here: figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/report/Heat-Stress_Preparedness/29098352?file=54641195

And more from the Institute for Policy: le.ac.uk/research/institutes/policy/hubs

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