Leveraging Data to Drive Effective Heat Protection Policies

Data-informed heat policy is essential to protect communities from harmful heat exposure and adverse health outcomes. Timely, representative, accessible, and transparent data, ideally collected with and governed by communities, are also critical for calling for, evaluating, and continually improving heat policy. 

Given this context, the NAM Climate Communities Network will host a virtual convening (with optional pre- and post-sessions) to bring together community members, decision-makers, and others working at the intersection of heat, health, and policy. The convening will spotlight actionable strategies to address data gaps and share lessons from the design and implementation of exemplar heat policies.

The event will also demonstrate how data-informed policy can reduce heat-related deaths and safeguard community health. Attendees will leave with practical tools, tailored to their spheres of influence, to advance effective, community-informed heat policy.