A 3-part plan to take on extreme heat waves | Eleni Myrivili

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🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The deadliest severe weather phenomenon is something you might not realize: extreme heat. Eleni Myrivili, chief heat officer of the city of Athens, Greece, explains that extreme heat and heat waves are often overlooked because they're not as dramatic as flooding or hurricanes – and breaks down three approaches to keep cities cool in a time of rapid global temperature rise. "Cranking up the air conditioner is just not going to cut it," she says.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.2	The deadliest of extreme weather phenomena is something we might not realize is quite
0:12.9	as deadly as it is, and a lot of nations have yet to take it seriously.
0:17.5	I certainly was surprised by much of what heat advisor Yelena Mirovili shared at TED
0:22.4	2022.
0:23.6	Her eye-opening talk offers us a path forward in a time of rising global temperatures.
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