Heat extremes are one of the deadliest meteorological events and they are increasing in intensity and frequency due to climate change. Their impacts on society will increase dramatically in the future, with some studies suggesting that human habitability limits could be crossed locally.
This session invites new research that addresses the challenges posed by extreme heat and its impacts. We encourage submissions from a broad range of disciplines including weather and climate sciences, climate impact studies, global and occupational health and epidemiology.Studies focusing on the Global South as well as submissions focusing on recent heatwaves and their systemic impacts, extreme heat episodes associated with the 2026-2027 El Niño event and projected unprecedented events, are particularly welcome.
Suitable contributions may: (i) assess the definitions and indicators typically used to describe extreme heat (stress) and its impacts, (ii) quantify the drivers and underlying processes of extreme heat in observations and/or models; (iii) quantify historical climate trends and projections (iv) examine the challenges of monitoring and predicting extreme heat on all temporal scales; (v) assess impacts on human and occupational health and mortality; (vi) focus on societal response and adaptation to extreme heat in a warming climate, including heat-health early warning systems and anticipatory action, adaptation and management solutions; (vii) introduce transdisciplinary research frameworks for assessing impacts on human health, economic productivity, and the environment.