Drought–heatwave nexus in Brazil and related impacts on health and fires: A comprehensive review

R Libonati, JL Geirinhas, PS Silva… - Annals of the new …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Shifting consumer behavior to address climate change

R Habib, K White, DJ Hardisty, J Zhao - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
We review recent articles on how to change consumer behavior in ways that improve climate
impacts, with a special focus on those articles using experimental interventions and …

Cities, settlements and key infrastructure

D Dodman, B Hayward, M Pelling, V Castán Broto… - 2022 - cambridge.org
In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Amplification of mega-heatwaves through heat torrents fuelled by upwind drought

DL Schumacher, J Keune, CC Van Heerwaarden… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Mega-heatwaves are among the deadliest natural disasters in midlatitudes. During such
events, the atmospheric circulation is typically governed by persistent anticyclones, enabling …

Increasing heat‐stress inequality in a warming climate

MR Alizadeh, JT Abatzoglou, JF Adamowski… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptation is key to minimizing heatwaves' societal burden; however, our understanding of
adaptation capacity across the socioeconomic spectrum is incomplete. We demonstrate that …

Distinct influences of large-scale circulation and regional feedbacks in two exceptional 2019 European heatwaves

PM Sousa, D Barriopedro, R García-Herrera… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Two separate heatwaves affected western Europe in June and July 2019, in particular
France, Belgium, the Netherlands, western Germany and northeastern Spain. Here we …

Climatic and economic background determine the disparities in urbanites' expressed happiness during the summer heat

Y Cheng, Z Yu, C Xu, G Manoli, X Ren… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Climate-change-induced extreme weather events increase heat-related mortality and health
risks for urbanites, which may also affect urbanites' expressed happiness (EH) and well …

Extreme heat events in mainland China from 1981 to 2015: Spatial patterns, temporal trends, and urbanization impacts

X Hu, J Cao, Y Qian, W Zhou, Z Zheng - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Extreme heat events have raised public concerns due to their severe adverse effects on both
natural and human systems, particularly in urban areas, where they interact with urban heat …

Extreme weather experience and climate change opinion

PD Howe - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Experience with extreme weather does not consistently change climate change
opinions.•Existing opinions shape the effect of experience on climate beliefs.•More severe …

The nature, significance, and influence of perceived personal experience of climate change

JP Reser, GL Bradley - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Following a previous 2014 review of perceived personal experience of climate change, the
authors review relevant research published or reported between January 2014 and mid …