🌟 [ 8 ]   Heatwave in Asia: How to cope with extremely hot weather? [ @DW News ]

A record-breaking heatwave is scorching South and Southeast Asia. How are people in the region coping with the dangerously hot weather? And what can cities do to keep people cool? Here s a poll that we d like you to participate in before the livestream will start: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Urban climatologist Radhika Khosla is one of the experts who joined us. You can find her work here along with other researchers working on sustainable cooling, heatwaves, climate change and sustainability. [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Here you can find out the work of earth systems scientist Raghu Murtugudde [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Find out more the about DW climate reporter Louise Osborne’s work: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Chapters: 0:00 Welcome and panel introduction 6:40 Record temperatures across South and Southeast Asia 12:30 What s causing the heat? 14:38 El Nino pattern especially bad this year 18:30 Long-term planet warming 19:22 Importance of heat adaptation 22:20 Socio-economic impact of heat 23:21 Situation in India 25:20 Heat index vs wet bulb temperature 29:30 How heat-prepared are governments? 34:00 Chat check 35:00 How can poor people deal with heat? 37:30 Staying hydrated 39:00 Cooling down overheated cities 45:50 How expensive are cooling solutions 47:10 Creating green spaces 48:45 Are governments committed to heat plans? 50:10 The state of global climate action #heatwave #southeastasia #newsdesk Subscribe: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] For more news go to: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Follow DW on social media:Facebook: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ] Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: [ 🔗 Click ‼️ ]

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