Southasiadisasters.net, Issue No. 209, March 2024

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled the ‘Urgency of Heatwave Risk Management’. Heatwaves are not only here to stay but will accelerate in their frequency, severity, loss and damage, at all levels. Read 15 vibrant and realize perspectives to find your own way to manage heatwave risk, to avoid heatwave-caused deaths.

In this Issue

1. Preface by Paul Knox Clarke, Principal, ADAPT Initiative, UK
2. Heatwaves in South Asia: Dialogue Around Policy Options by Mihir R. Bhatt and Vishal Pathak, AIDMI, India
3. Lessons for Higher Educational Institutions for Heatwave Risk Preparedness by Sk. Tawfique M. Haque, Professor and Director, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance & Chair, Department of Political Science & Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Heatwaves in South Asia: Observing and discussing the dynamics of heatwaves is crucial for improved heatwave governance and humanitarian responses by Mihir R. Bhatt and Vishal Pathak (AIDMI), Prof. Prabodh Chakrabarti, Keya Saha Chaudhary (ICVA), Dorothea Hilhorst (ISS), Khayal Trivedi (HOISA)
5. Observing Heatwaves in Light of Adaptation and Mitigation by Dr Ajit Tyagi, South Asia Meteorological Association, New Delhi; Dr. Niladri Gupta, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center; Akash Goenka, Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy; and Mihir R. Bhatt, AIDMI
6. Mitigation Research in the Nexus of Heatwave Risks by Nadim Reza Khandaker and Arup Ratan Das, North South University, Bangladesh
7. Financing Heatwave Preparedness in India Needs Both Disaster and Social Policy Lenses by Soutrik Goswami and Subrata Rath, Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), New Delhi, India
8. Heatwave, Health, and Livelihoods: Voices from the Ground by Dr. Sahil Hebbar, SEWA, India
9. Women, Informality and Heatwaves: Lessons from Gujarat by Kshitij Gupta, AIDMI, India
10. Extreme Heat, Gender, and Access to Preparedness Measures: An Analysis of the Heatwave Early Warning System in Ahmedabad, India by Ainsley Trahan, PhD Student, University of Cambridge (Cambridge Disaster Research Network), UK
11. Heatwave, Climate Change, and Livelihoods: Voices from the Women by Sydney Anthony and Emma Jewkes, Students, St. Francis Xavier University (StFX), Canada
12. Heatwave Problem in Vietnam by Nguyễn Lê Uyên Nhi, Vietnam
13. Heatwave Risk Management: The Role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) by Loreine B. dela Cruz, Executive Director, Center for Disaster Preparedness, Philippines
14. RCDC’s Work in the Bay of Bengal Region: A Climate Change Hotspot by Jagannath Chatterjee, Documentation Manager, Regional Centre for Development Cooperation (RCDC), Odisha, India
15. Resources for Heatwave Action in South Asia by AIDMI Team