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Ladd Keith
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Associate Professor of Planning at the University of Arizona | Research, write, and speak about heat planning, policy, and governance. 🏜️🏳️‍🌈 laddkeith.com
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The latest U of A Udall Center Extreme Heat Network newsletter is out, featuring news on the hottest summer in recorded history, OSHA's proposed heat safety labor rules, and the latest heat policy and governance news and research! tinyurl.com/extremeh...#heatresilience

Extreme Heat Newsletter
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New interview with @NPR.org's On Point: "Whether we declare it as a disaster or not, extreme heat is a disaster, right? ... the federal government has gone a long way to increase its ability to respond to extreme heat, but we still have quite a long way to go." www.wbur.org/onpoint...#extremeheat

Is extreme heat an extreme disaster?
Is extreme heat an extreme disaster?

Phoenix, Arizona has crossed a troubling milestone. More than one hundred days of temperatures over 100 degrees. Across the country, extreme heat kills more Americans than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined. So why don’t we label is a disaster?

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This seems the clear end state to me: pressure to publish and too few reviewers means AI (in all fields, soon) will write papers that will only be reviewed by AI bots that, in turn, will only be read by AI bots. If no actual person writes something then why should actual people read it?

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Kicking off the new semester with my amazing @uarizona.bsky.social heat resilience team (Postdocs: Min Woo Ahn, Malini Roy, Anne-Lise Boyer & program coordinator: Kirsten Lake) at our soon to be new space with the Udall Center! More exciting news coming soon.

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New One Earth commentary on how cities are at the forefront of emerging heat governance by @sarameerow.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1016/j.on...#heatgovernance#heatresilience#heatpolicy#heatplanning

Four foundational disciplines and sectors that need to collaborate for holistic urban heat governance
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I am honored to have participated in shaping the UN Secretary General's call to action on extreme heat during our Global Heat Health Information Network Management Committee meeting in Singapore! udallcenter.arizona.edu/news/interna...#heatgovernance#extremeheat#heatresilience

International Heat Health Experts Help Shape United Nations’ Call to Action on Extreme Heat During Four Hottest Days on Earth
International Heat Health Experts Help Shape United Nations’ Call to Action on Extreme Heat During Four Hottest Days on Earth

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📢 New paper from Sara Meerow, I, Malini Roy, and Shaylynn Trego in Environmental Research Letters! iopscience.iop.org/a...#heatresilience

Heat strategies evaluation
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Open mic session at the Global Heat Health Informantion Network (GHHIN) Management Committee Meeting in Singapore, starting off with the impact of heat stress on the global labor force. #extremeheat

Heat stress on global labor force
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Ladd Keith
@laddkeith.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Planning at the University of Arizona | Research, write, and speak about heat planning, policy, and governance. 🏜️🏳️‍🌈 laddkeith.com
101 followers73 following123 posts