Post by Oxford Brookes University

Is the UK’s built environment ready for a warming world? Our research is helping to answer that question, with our work now playing a critical role in shaping the UK’s latest national climate strategies. Recent findings from the Climate Change Committee (CCC)—specifically A Well-Adapted UK and the Fourth UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA4) Technical Report—highlight a stark reality: as heatwaves become more frequent, heat-related deaths could exceed 10,000 annually without urgent, large-scale adaptation measures. Rajat Gupta, Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Climate Change, emphasizes that overheating is no longer a future concern; it is a current public health risk affecting homes, care homes, and schools today. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4ev9wI5