Extreme heat risk reduction: Towards a common global framework

This report summarizes the proceedings of the 17-19 December 2024 Expert Consultation ‘Extreme Heat Risk Reduction Towards a common global framework’, convened by the Global Heat Health Information Network, World Meteorological Organization, and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 

The consultation on heat risk governance successfully resulted in three key outputs:

• Consensus from participants on the need for a common governance framework that can enhance local coordination among sectors, institutions and levels of government, align actors and policies, and guide investment in heat risk reduction.
• Definition of essential components of heat risk governance including for example cross-sectoral data integration, coordinated decision-making, and investment, financial and technical capacity building, and multi-level policy alignment.
• Agreement on a roadmap for next steps, including the drafting of a common framework for extreme heat risk governance, consultation, and its planned launch at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) in June 2025.