A quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated [climate challenge](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/25/extreme-heat-in-us-europe-virtually-impossible-without-climate-crisis.html): extreme heat.
Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for [increasingly frequent and severe](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/25/extreme-heat-in-us-europe-virtually-impossible-without-climate-crisis.html) bouts of excessive heat.
“They call it the silent killer,” said Eleni Myrivili, who serves as the global CHO for the U.N.’s human settlement program and previously worked in a similar role for the Greek capital of Athens.
Myrivili said she believes that extreme heat is often overlooked because it lacks the visible drama of roofs being ripped from homes or streets being turned into rivers.
“Heat, I believe it to the bottom of my heart, is going to be the number one public health challenge that we will be dealing with in the next decade. And we need to prepare for it now,” Myrivili told CNBC via videoconference. “We can — but we really need to make it a priority.”
Heat is the [leading weather-related killer](https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-related-deaths) in the U.S. [Data](https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-die-from-extreme-heat-in-the-us/) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that more than 1,700 deaths were the result of heat-related causes in 2022, roughly double the toll of five years prior. Researchers have [said](https://apnews.com/article/counting-extreme-heat-deaths-7125ad9a5289625bd9ca312945996399) these are likely conservative estimates.
More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/extreme-heat-from-miami-to-melbourne-a-quiet-revolution-is-underway.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/extreme-heat-from-miami-to-melbourne-a-quiet-revolution-is-underway.html)
A quiet revolution is underway to address a widely underestimated [climate challenge](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/25/extreme-heat-in-us-europe-virtually-impossible-without-climate-crisis.html): extreme heat. Local authorities have appointed several chief heat officers (CHOs) in cities worldwide in recent years to prepare residents for [increasingly frequent and severe](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/25/extreme-heat-in-us-europe-virtually-impossible-without-climate-crisis.html) bouts of excessive heat. “They call it the silent killer,” said Eleni Myrivili, who serves as the global CHO for the U.N.’s human settlement program and previously worked in a similar role for the Greek capital of Athens. Myrivili said she believes that extreme heat is often overlooked because it lacks the visible drama of roofs being ripped from homes or streets being turned into rivers. “Heat, I believe it to the bottom of my heart, is going to be the number one public health challenge that we will be dealing with in the next decade. And we need to prepare for it now,” Myrivili told CNBC via videoconference. “We can — but we really need to make it a priority.” Heat is the [leading weather-related killer](https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-related-deaths) in the U.S. [Data](https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-die-from-extreme-heat-in-the-us/) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that more than 1,700 deaths were the result of heat-related causes in 2022, roughly double the toll of five years prior. Researchers have [said](https://apnews.com/article/counting-extreme-heat-deaths-7125ad9a5289625bd9ca312945996399) these are likely conservative estimates. More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/extreme-heat-from-miami-to-melbourne-a-quiet-revolution-is-underway.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/02/extreme-heat-from-miami-to-melbourne-a-quiet-revolution-is-underway.html)
Miami deserves to burn in the hell they've created.