Coproducing Opportunities to Advance Heat Resilience in Southern Arizona

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Coproducing Opportunities to Advance Heat Resilience in Southern Arizona, published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorogical Society (September 24, 2024), summarizes and shares findings and outcomes from the Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit held in Tucson on February 3, 2024.

This report was authored by summit organizers Malini Roy¹, Ladd Keith¹, Mona Arora², Fatima Luna³, and Julie Robinson⁴ representing the University of Arizona's College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture¹ and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health²; the City of Tucson Manager’s Office³; and the Office of Climate & Environmental Health Justice, Pima County Health Department⁴.

Additional summit collaborators include Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change & Health (SCORCH), Southwest Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (SW IFL), and the West Environmental Justice Center (WEST EJ Center).

Related Resources and Events:

• 2024 (2nd Annual) Arizona Heat Summit, October 23, 2024, 8:00AM - 4:00PM, Phoenix
• Pima County Health Department "Beat the Heat" Website
• City of Tucson Climate Action Hub