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| − | =SOLACE: Addressing extreme urban heatwaves= | + | =Addressing extreme urban heatwaves= |
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| − | [https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2024792118 Extreme urban temperatures and humidity],
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| − | due to a combination of [https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/19/10923 heatwaves and the urban heat island effect],
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| − | are now inevitable, and will result in unprecedented conditions, such as [[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/18/london-facing-45c-days-in-foreseeable-future-mayor-sadiq-khan-warns reaching 45C] for multiple days in London.
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| − | This will cause [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02482-z intense human suffering] from [https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2467 heat stress, heatstroke, and even death]. We need to plan now to avoid catastrophic consequences later. | |
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| − | The goal of the Solace project is to create a global suite of location-specific solutions that encompass both technical and non-technical aspects. Our vision is to crowd-source solutions using challenge-style competitions run around the world. Our first step is to create a template for such a competition and pilot it in Cambridge, then use this to refine the template, share it openly, so that similar competitions can be run elsewhere.
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| − | Interested? Please contact me at sk818@cam.ac.uk.
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| − | [https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/latmab3yia25ot109j2ez/SOLACEv3.pptx?rlkey=jv0ie0mxvr0vhwh03kpx0pou7&dl=0 Presentation] | |
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| − | [https://youtu.be/InhCohB_I4U Video]
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| − | The ideas in this work were developed jointly with J. Prabhu and M. Fernandes at the Judge Business School.
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