Editing Heat wave (section)

== Options for reducing impacts on humans ==
A possible public health measure during heat waves is to set up air-conditioned public cooling centres. Adding air conditioning in schools provides a cooler work place.<ref name="chicago">{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Leslie |date=2011-05-23 |title=A City Prepares for a Warm Long-Term Forecast |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/science/earth/23adaptation.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> But it can result in additional [[greenhouse gas emissions]] unless [[solar energy]] is used.

Policymakers, funders and researchers have created the [[Extreme Heat Resiliance Alliance|Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance]] coalition under the [[Atlantic Council]]. This advocates for naming heat waves, measuring them, and ranking them to build better awareness of their impacts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance: Reducing Extreme Heat Risk for Vulnerable People |url=https://wcr.ethz.ch/news-and-events/EHRA.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821212642/https://wcr.ethz.ch/news-and-events/EHRA.html |archive-date=21 August 2020 |access-date=2020-09-02 |publisher=wcr.ethz.ch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The world's getting hotter. Can naming heat waves raise awareness of the risks? |date=19 August 2020 |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-19/world-s-getting-hotter-can-naming-heat-waves-raise-awareness-risks |access-date=2020-09-02 |publisher=The World from PRX}}</ref>