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UNDRR and UNICEF launch special report on protecting children from intensifying urban heat across Europe and Central Asia.

Heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, yet its true impact remains difficult to quantify. Heat rarely leaves visible destruction, and its toll is often hidden in health statistics, economic losses, and gradual declines in well-being.

Contemporary discussions on climate change and extreme heat remain largely anthropocentric, centring human health, infrastructure, and economic disruption while obscuring broader systemic impacts.

Extreme heat cannot be managed with incomplete measurements. A single thermometer reading cannot capture humidity, night-time heat persistence, cumulative exposure, or the physiological limits of different populations.

Astana has been recognized as the first Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) Resilience Hub in Central Asia.

The project includes technical assistance from UNDRR to support the development of methodologies and tools, strengthen institutional arrangements and public policies for resilient recovery, and expand capacities at regional, state and municipal levels.

With intention and forethought, we can build safer towns and cities, however hard the ground shakes.

Guatemala is demonstrating how risk-informed public finance can drive stronger national resilience.