Climate Change and Extreme Heat: What You Can Do to Prepare
- Abstract
Extreme heat events in the United States are already occurring and expected to become more common, more severe, and longer-lasting as our climate changes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed this booklet to identify steps that you can take now to prepare for an extreme heat event—and to help your families, friends, and neighbors, too. This booklet answers some of the key questions about extreme heat in a changing climate: why extreme heat is on the rise, how it might affect you, and what you can do before and during an extreme heat event to reduce your health risk.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Author
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Resource URL
- https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/extreme-heat-guidebook.pdf
- Date
- October, 2016
- Institution
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Organization Type
- Us fed gov
- Health and Human Impact
- Heat illness/extreme temperature
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Heat
- Solutions
- Disaster preparedness Public health/health sector response