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The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events such as cold, more intense and variable.
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
Cold-Health Alerts in place for all of England until the weekend.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
This page summarises Chapter 2 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on temperature and mortality. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
This guidance is for those providing services and support to people sleeping rough, including local authority teams and non-governmental organisations such as those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, including those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
The Weather-Health Alerting (WHA) system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
This page summarises Chapter 9 of the Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report with a focus on the impact of heat on climate and food supply. This is part of the science and stats section for the hazard: heat.
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