As temperatures rise, Turin is leading the way with an interactive heat-health tool that maps risks across the city, helping protect vulnerable groups and guide local action.
How is Turin addressing the impact of heatwaves?
Interactive Heat-Health Tool
As part of the SDGs-EYES project and its local heat adaptation strategy, the City of Turin is advancing data-driven climate action through a new interactive tool designed to assess heat-health risks.
This tool integrates detailed data on climate, health, socioeconomic conditions, and urban planning to support informed decision-making at the local level. By providing an interactive and intuitive visualisation of risk factors, it facilitates stakeholders’ decision-making processes.
With the discontinuation of the Copernicus indicator “Mean near surface temperature deviation” (SDG13_30) indicator, originally intended to address the need to monitor extreme temperatures, the pilot project identified a set of alternative high-resolution climate hazard indicators. These primarily focus on maximum temperature measurements and composite indicators—such as thermal discomfort indices, based on temperature and humidity data, enabling the city to better assess climate hazards.
An IPCC-aligned risk assessment model was applied, combining hazard, exposure, and vulnerability indicators specific to Turin. The resulting risk estimates were incorporated into an interactive map, offering insights into the spatial distribution of heat-related health risks across the city and pinpointing micro-areas and vulnerable populations most at risk
Turin is part of the Cities Refresh campaign, creating lively and safe places for all.
Contact
Alessandro Pugliese: alessandro.pugliese@cmcc.it