Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation Webinar
Extreme weather events are major causes of loss of life and damage infrastructure worldwide. High temperatures cause stress on humans, livestock, crops and infrastructure. Heat stress exposure is projected to increase with ongoing climate change. Extremes of temperature are common in Africa and infrastructure is often incapable of providing adequate cooling. We show how easily accessible cooling technology such as evaporative coolers prevent heat stress in historic timescales but are unsuitable as a solution under climate change.
Dr. Ben Parkes is the Ekpe Research Impact Fellow at the University of Manchester. His work focuses on how large-scale climate change affects human livelihoods.