How to survive heatwaves in the city

Every year summers are hotter and heat waves more frequent, with cities suffering most. A network of climate shelters in Barcelona isn’t only making people more comfortable, it’s also saving lives. A quick clarification: The temperature on screen for Brazil at 8:04 refers to the perceived temperature. The actual high was 42 C. #planeta #heatwaves #climateshelter We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la... Credits: Author: Amanda Coulson-Drasner Camera: Henning Goll Graphics: Adam Baheej Adada Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Fact check: Jeannette Cwienk Read more: Climate shelter network Barcelona: https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelona-p... Dr. Ana Terra Amorim-Maia paper on climate shelter network: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... Record temperatures for half the world’s population: https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/h... Future heat: https://www.c40.org/what-we-do/scalin... Heat action plans in India: https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/fi... Heatwave in the Sahel: https://www.worldweatherattribution.o... Rio at 62ºC: https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-heat-wav... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Climate shelter background 04:22 Adaptations in climate shelters 07:16 Other adaptations 07:42 Global issue 08:51 Vulnerable populations 10:37 Conclusion