Naming Heatwaves

Over the past few years we have become accustomed to the relatively new endeavour to name and categorise storms, from Ophelia to Barra. Kathy Baughman McLeod, Director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, joined Sean to...

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14.20 30 Jun 2022

Naming Heatwaves

Naming Heatwaves

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14.20 30 Jun 2022

Over the past few years we have become accustomed to the relatively new endeavour to name and categorise storms, from Ophelia to Barra. Kathy Baughman McLeod, Director of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, joined Sean to discuss a new pilot project in Seville, one of Europe’s hottest cities, which aims to classify heatwaves in a similar manner.

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