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Aina Roca-Barceló, PhD

@ainarocab

Climate Adaptation Specialist @MSF. PhD on heat-health impacts @ImperialCollege. Member of @ISEE_global policy committee & European Chapter. She/her.

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Amazing news! @icpac_igad will be Strengthening Early Warning Systems for Anticipatory Actions in EA thanks to Google.org & World Food Programme 👇 icpac.net/news/icpac-rec…

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Heatwaves are terrible. Do you know how many deaths are related to it? We estimated 153,000 deaths annually were related to heatwaves during 1990-2019 globally. It is about 30% of the total heat related deaths. Strategies & actions avoiding heatwave related deaths are urgent.

Heatwaves are terrible. Do you know how many deaths are related to it?

We estimated 153,000 deaths annually were related to heatwaves during 1990-2019 globally. It is about 30% of the total heat related deaths. Strategies & actions avoiding heatwave related deaths are urgent.
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Excited to be sharing some insights on what MSF International is doing to prepare and respond to heat 🥵 in changing climate at the MSF Crash conference on heatwaves in Paris tomorrow! 🔊Tune in tomorrow at 6pmCET - Open to everyone (livestream in the link)

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🔴 Breaking:  On Saturday, MSF and the Ministry of Health suspended all activities in South Hospital, Al Fasher, North Darfur, after RSF soldiers stormed the facility, opened fire, and looted it, including stealing an MSF ambulance. 1/8⬇️

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🥵2024 Northern Hemisphere #heat season one of the most severe yet experienced, with communtiies already baking across Asia, the Middle East, and now North America and Europe. 👉Read more here on impacts and how to prepare: ghhin.org

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🥳GOOD NEWS! World Health Organization (WHO) Health Assembly puts #climatechange as 1 of 6 pillars and "Early Warning Systems" + "Investments in #Adaptation & #Mitigation" as key recommendations Read here: who.int

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The failure of authorities to issue public warnings in time before the devastating floods in Valencia offer an example of what it means when far-right policies meet environmental disasters. One of Vox's conditions for backing the PP's Carlos Mazón as regional premier was the

The failure of authorities to issue public warnings in time before the devastating floods in Valencia offer an example of what it means when far-right policies meet environmental disasters.

One of Vox's conditions for backing the PP's Carlos Mazón as regional premier was the
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The latest The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report on health & climate change is here. We need less money on fossil fuels and more on building a sustainable, healthy way of living. Change is scary; but unless we embrace it we will (are already) suffer the consequences.