Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know
▻https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/21/heatwaves-national-emergency-public-need-to-know
The 2014 progress report to parliament by its #adaptation sub-committee found that heat contributes to about 2,000 premature deaths each year in the UK, and that this figure could rise to about 7,000 annually in the 2050s due to the impact of #climate change and population growth.
It concluded that “the uptake of measures to increase cooling capacity in existing homes is currently very low”