WHO’s new heat-health guidance offers a blueprint for protecting ageing societies as extreme temperatures become a growing public-health threat.
Extreme heat is no longer an occasional weather emergency in Europe. It is becoming a structural challenge for countries whose populations are also rapidly ageing.
For Europe’s ageing societies, preparing for heat is increasingly part of preparing for longevity itself. The question is no longer simply how to respond when temperatures rise, but how to design homes, health systems, neighbourhoods and communities in which longer lives can remain safe in a warmer world.
