Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions
Across Africa, community health responses have shown how heat adaptation programmes can be built to reach the most vulnerable, working through primary health centres and public health officers to address extreme heat risks in informal settlements, where residents often have the least protection and the fewest resources to cope.
Europe’s own most exposed populations: Older people living alone, outdoor workers, and residents of poorly insulated housing, would benefit from health systems organised around the same principle: Proactive, targeted, community-embedded care rather than generic public advisories.
These climate adaptation initiatives are grounded in local geography, governance and community structures.
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