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19. Evolving heat waves characteristics challenge heat warning systems and prevention plans

Author

Mathilde Pascal, Sacha Camail, Anouk Tabai, Alain Le Tertre, Sébastien Denys, Robin Lagarrigue, Karine Laaidi, and Isabelle Bonmarin

Subjects
Atmospheric Science, medicine.medical_specialty, Hot Temperature, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Heat prevention plan, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Heat warning system, Climate, Climate Change, Population, Climate change, 01 natural sciences, Health data, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Heat wave, medicine, education, Environmental planning, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Retrospective Studies, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, education.field_of_study, Original Paper, Ecology, Warning system, Public health, Risk perception, Intervention (law), Business, Seasons
Abstract

This paper analyses how recent trends in heat waves impact heat warning systems. We performed a retrospective analysis of the challenges faced by the French heat prevention plan since 2004. We described trends based on the environmental and health data collected each summer by the French heat warning system and prevention plan. Major evolutions of the system were tracked based on the evaluations organized each autumn with the stakeholders of the prevention plan. Excess deaths numbering 8000 were observed during heat waves between 2004 and 2019, 71% of these between 2015 and 2019. We observed major changes in the characteristics, frequency and the geographical spread of heat waves since 2015. Feedbacks led to several updates of the warning system such as the extension of the surveillance period. They also revealed that risk perception remained limited among the population and the stakeholders. The sharp increase in the number of heat warnings issued per year since 2015 challenges the acceptability of the heat warnings. Recent heat waves without historical equivalent interfere with the development of evidence-based prevention strategies. The growing public health impacts heat waves emphasize the urgent need to act to adapt the population, at different levels of intervention, from individual comportments to structural modifications. A specific attention should be given to increase the resources allocated to the evaluation and the management of heat-related risks, especially considering the needs to catch with the rapid rhythm of the changing climate. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00484-021-02123-y.

Published
2021

31. Spatial variability in herbaceous plant phenology is mostly explained by variability in temperature but also by photoperiod and functional traits

Author

Rauschkolb, Robert, Bucher, Solveig Franziska, Hensen, Isabell, Ahrends, Antje, Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo, Heubach, Katja, Jakubka, Desiree, Jiménez-Alfaro, Borja, König, Andreas, Koubek, Tomáš, Kehl, Alexandra, Khuroo, Anzar A., Lindstädter, Anja, Shafee, Faizan, Mašková, Tereza, Platonova, Elena, Panico, Patrizia, Plos, Carolin, Primack, Richard, Rosche, Christoph, Shah, Manzoor A., Sporbert, Maria, Stevens, Albert-Dieter, Tarquini, Flavio, Tielbörger, Katja, Träger, Sabrina, Vange, Vibekke, Weigelt, Patrick, Bonn, Aletta, Freiberg, Martin, Knickmann, Barbara, Nordt, Birgit, Wirth, Christian, and Römermann, Christine

Published
2024
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37. Questions that board directors should be asking about emerging governance issues and risk: a practitioner’s view and implications for the extractive industries

Author

Turlough F. Guerin

Subjects
Original Paper, Governance, Executives, O33, Operating model, business.industry, Corporate governance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), Organizational culture, Public relations, Mining, Work (electrical), Boards, Risks, Climate change, Technological change: Choices and consequences, business, Diffusion processes, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Remote work
Abstract

This article synthesises and highlights outcomes from a governance and risk forum that identified emerging risks for businesses and organisations. A governance framework is first presented followed by a discussion of recent developments in relation to elements of the framework as part of a mini-review of the literature. Emerging risks and opportunities around the changing nature of work, corporate culture, blockchain and cyber security were highlighted, with a particular emphasis on climate-related risks. Key questions to ask as a non-executive director or governance and risk committee members regarding these risks include could our sector or organisation be impacted by these emerging risks and opportunities? What could be the implications if these risks were to materialise and to what extent will our current business and operating model be impacted? How could our organisation be seizing the opportunity created by the pending changes in these areas? The findings and implications of the governance and risk issues are highlighted for the extractives sector and are especially important as the extractive sector faces challenges in its transformation. The study is novel as it highlights insights from the practitioner perspective of governance which is not captured in the literature. Recommended remedies for each risk are provided, and businesses are advised to undertake a focused review of non-financial risks, including corporate or organisational culture.

Published
2021