🌿 Environment Jun 30, 2026 · Megan Rowling

With extreme heat now a public health crisis, local data can save lives

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With extreme heat now a public health crisis, local data can save lives
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Eric Mackres is senior manager of urban analytics for the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and attended London Climate Action Week during the June 2026 heatwave. Usama Bilal is an associate professor of epidemiology and co-director of the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel University.



As thousands gathered in London for one of the year’s largest climate gatherings last week, Western Europe faced its most severe heatwave ever recorded. The irony was not lost.



Across Europe, ov

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