Oh, the bells, the bells.

Actually, in Victor Hugo's book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame,

the main character, Cozimodo, the bell ringer, never says those words.

And the bells you can hear behind me aren't of Notre Dame,

but from one of the biggest cathedrals in the world, the Cathedral of Seville.

Hello, my name is Ashih Sharma, and I'm here in this charming Spanish city for this edition of Business Daily on the BBC World Service.

Seville piloted a project which ended last year and was the first of its kind to

track and aim severe heat waves to help the local population become more aware and help

the local economy prepare better for such weather.

In this program, I'll look at how the pilot was developed in Seville, but also worldwide.

All that coming up in Business Daily.

The lack of public awareness around the resources is huge, both from the public authorities,

but also from the public citizens in general.

What we think doing since the inception of the centre was to try out new ideas, pilot them,

to increase that awareness.

We'll hear more from Jorge Gastelmundi of the Atlantic Council that pioneered the algorithm.

In the summer, this city is one of the hottest in Spain, and this has an impact on many local businesses, especially in tourism.

During summertime, we are very worried that everyone is good during the whole tour, so we avoid going out when it's too hot.

So they don't have any health issues during the tour.

The pilot scheme, the first of its kind, was called Prometeo.

By the time it ended last year, several severe heat waves had been identified

and named in Seville. The algorithm was established by the Atlantic Council and worked upon in the

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