Von Miami bis Melbourne ist eine stille Revolution im Gange, um einen stillen und unsichtbaren Killer abzuwehren – „Hitze, ich glaube es aus tiefstem Herzen, wird die größte Herausforderung für die öffentliche Gesundheit sein, mit der wir uns in diesem Jahr befassen müssen.“ nächstes Jahrzehnt. Und wir müssen uns jetzt darauf vorbereiten“, sagte Myrivili.

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>Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for increasingly frequent and severe bouts of excessive heat.
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>“They call it the silent killer,” said Eleni Myrivili, who serves as the global CHO for the U.N.’s human settlement program and previously worked in a similar role for the Greek capital of Athens.
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>Myrivili said she believes that extreme heat is often overlooked because it lacks the visible drama of roofs being ripped from homes or streets being turned into rivers.
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>“Heat, I believe it to the bottom of my heart, is going to be the number one public health challenge that we will be dealing with in the next decade. And we need to prepare for it now,” Myrivili told CNBC via videoconference. “We can — but we really need to make it a priority.”