EEA maps heatwave risks in Europe The European Environment
Agency (EEA) unveiled on 4 September 2012 an interactive map
that shows the heatwave risk for European cities; this and other
maps are included in a recently published EEA report entitled
“Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe”. The interactive
maps allow users to explore data from more than 500 cities in
Europe and get a quick impression of some of the adaptation
challenges in Europe’s cities. Southern Spain, parts of southern
France, Italy, Greece, Serbia and western Turkey are the most
exposed regions, which are likely to have more than 50 days in a
year with higher temperatures than 35 degrees Celsius. Users can
combine different datasets from the report, for example
combining the heat wave map with information regarding
vulnerability like the share of elderly people who are more
sensitive to heat