Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 23 hours ago

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🌡️ Extreme heat is becoming more frequent and intense, but communities are adapting.

Around the world, innovative solutions are helping people stay safe during dangerous heat.

🏠 In West Africa, traditional Nubian Vault homes stay around 7°C cooler than buildings with corrugated iron roofs.

🌳 In Barcelona, libraries, parks, markets, and churches are serving as cooling spaces during heatwaves.

🏛️ Across the United Kingdom, museums, theatres, and cultural venues are opening their doors to help people escape extreme heat.

🤝 In Amadora, local partnerships are strengthening resilience to multiple hazards, including extreme heat.

These solutions may be different, but they share one goal: protecting people and building resilience in a warming world.

Because adapting to extreme heat today means saving lives tomorrow.