Thursday, 27 June 2019

How hot is it in France? Get the facts


This week newspapers have reported school closures and exam cancellations due to heat in France
Certainly the Department of Health has installed special measures. Its website has press releases and links to national heat plans
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The national French weather service France Meteo has news on Canicule. It includes projections on climate change 

the National Observatory On Effects of Climate Warming (ONERC in French) presents an index of the observed evolution of the yearly number of summer days (max temperature higher than 25 °C).


DRIAS Portal is another French government site which has climate temperature predictions. Check the definitions of heat waves between the two as definitions can differ.
This academic article published recently in IOP science has predictions of future mega heatwaves in France

 For information on Europe in general try these resources

The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT site is a partnership between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA). It enables researchers to 
 access and share data and information on:
Expected climate change in Europe
Current and future vulnerability of regions and sectors
EU, national and transnational adaptation strategies and actions
Adaptation case studies and potential adaptation options
Tools that support adaptation planning

On a world wide scale.World Mapper has produced some maps on heatwave deaths 2001-2017. PLOS has a useful article which attempts to model and quantify the number of deaths
Search Pubmed for information on other related studies on heat and health























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