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Countries must deal with health risks of more frequent heatwaves: UN

2015-07-01 09:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: The UN on Wednesday urged countries to create preparedness systems to counter the health risks of heatwaves, as they become ever more frequent and intense, and dangerous, due to climate change. For the first time, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) and its World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have joined forces to create guidelines for experts and authorities for how to lower the health risks of heatwaves like the ones currently scorching Asia and Europe. "Heatwaves have emerged as...

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