Documents et rapports

Shaping a Cooler Bangkok : Tackling Urban Heat for a More Livable City (anglais)

In 2024, global temperatures reached record highs multiple times, highlighting the growing severity of extreme heat and the widespread implications. By 2050, Bangkok, already prone to high temperatures...

Prioritizing Heat Mitigation Actions in Indian Cities : A Cost-Benefit Analysis under Climate Change Scenarios (anglais)

Although deaths and economic losses due to extreme heat are rising globally, heatwaves remain a "hidden hazard" whose impacts are underrecognized due to measurement and valuation challenges. Cities in...

Combating Heat in Cities - Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank (anglais)

This report stems from growing concern about the threat of extreme heat in urban settings and its adverse impacts on health. The team made use of the TIP—that is, the targeted, integrated, and prepared—framework...

Targeted, Integrated, and Prepared Policy Packages to Address the Urban Heat in Korea : Policy Brief (anglais)

Global warming has dramatically increased the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heat events, or heatwaves. Exposure to extreme heat presents a wide range of challenges for public health, labor...

Household and Firm Exposure to Heat and Floods in South Asia (anglais)

Climate change is increasing household exposure to extreme heat, floods and other natural disasters. This paper examines the differential exposure of poorer households to heat and floods in South Asia...

Assessing Power System Disruptions and Associated Economic Impacts from Increasing Extreme Heat Events in Southeast Europe Using an Idealized Design Methodology (anglais)

As the world endeavors to decarbonize and shift toward sustainable energy sources, power systems will become increasingly dependent on weather conditions. This dependence creates the challenge of managing...

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar Heating Sector Improvement Project : Implementation Support Mission - May 20 to 29, 2024 (anglais)

Heat and Law Enforcement (anglais)

Using administrative criminal records from Texas, this paper shows how high temperatures affect the decision making of police officers, prosecutors, and judges. It finds that police reduce the number of...

High Temperature and Learning Outcomes : Evidence from Ethiopia (anglais)

This paper uses data from 2003–19 on 2.47 million test takers of a national high stakes university entrance exam in Ethiopia to study the impacts of temperature on learning outcomes. It finds that high...

Unlivable - What the Urban Heat Island Effect Means for East Asia’s Cities (anglais)

Amid continuing urban growth and the accelerating effects of climate change, East Asian cities suffer from more extreme temperatures than surrounding rural areas - being up to 2 degrees Celsius hotter...

Kyrgyz Republic - Heat Supply Improvement Project : Additional Financing and Restructuring (anglais)

The development objective of the Heat Supply Improvement Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to improve the efficiency and quality of heating in selected project areas. The additional financing (AF) is required...

Urban Heat in South Asia : Integrating People and Place in Adapting to Rising Temperatures (anglais)

This policy brief evaluates the current state of the knowledge of and plans to manage urban heat in South Asia. First, the brief examines heat in South Asian cities through the different layers of the...

Substantiation Study on Natural Risks (anglais)

Romania - Urban Policy : Output 2. Companion Paper 8 - Methodologies for Calculating Climate Change Indicators (anglais)

Urban thermal risk represents the combined effect of temperature (hazard) and of elements pertaining to the structure of the city and that of the population (vulnerability). In the case of cities, elevated...

România - Politica Urbană : Livrabilul 2 . Document Însoțitor 8 - Metodologii Pentru Calcularea Indicatorilor Schimbărilor Climatice (Roumain)

Riscul termic urban reprezintă efectul combinat al temperaturii (pericol) și al elementelor ce țin de structura orașului și cea a populației (vulnerabilitate). În cazul orașelor, temperaturile ridicate...

Romania - Cluj County Spatial Plan: Deliverable 2.2 - Analysis of the Current Territorial Situation (anglais)

This report presents the main conclusions that emerged from the substantiation studies carried out in the process of elaborating the Cluj County Spatial Plan: (1) natural capital, protected areas and the...

Analysis of Heat Waves and Urban Heat Island Effects in Central European Cities and Implications for Urban Planning (anglais)

This report provides an overview of the urban heat island (UHI) effect in Central European cities and its implications for sustainable development. Directed at policy makers, practitioners, and the wider...

Project Information Document (Concept Stage) - RUSSIA HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION - P127676 (anglais)