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https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/24/europes-first-chief-heat-officer-explains-how-athens-is-preparing-for-severe-heatwaves#:~:text=Last%20year%2C%20the%20city%20appointed,to%20hold%20such%20a%20position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/world/europe/athens-is-only-getting-hotter-its-new-chief-heat-officer-hopes-to-cool-it-down.html
Chief Heat Officers are appointed by local officials who choose to lead on heat action. When mayors or other leaders dedicate an officer position and appropriate resources to heat, they are investing in a more climate-resilient future and reducing current losses in lives and livelihoods to heat. Introduced by Arsht-Rock and EHRA, Miami in Florida, Athens in Greece, Freetown in Sierra Leone, and Metropolitan Region of Santiago de Chile got their Chief Heat Officers.
https://onebillionresilient.org/project/chief-heat-officers/#:~:text=Chief%20Heat%20Officers%20are%20appointed,lives%20and%20livelihoods%20to%20heat. https://fortune.com/2021/08/28/athens-chief-heat-officer-eleni-myrivil-climate-change-wildfires/
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