climate adaptation

Solar Fans: Simple But Transformative

2023-11-13 05:31 PM by Jessica Irvine

Lawal Sheriff Olakunle with his solar fan. Ayoola Tolulope Temidayo / Sun King. Living in Lagos, 33-year-old Lawal Sheriff Olakunle is used to electricity shortages. He considers 10–15 hours of electricity a day to be stable power. But the two-month blackout he experienced in 2022 was something else. Even before then he’d been hearing about …

5 Ways To Increase Use Of Cooling Centers

2023-09-01 11:50 AM by Jessica Irvine

Barely anyone uses cooling centers. Here’s how to change that. A person in a church cooling center watches the weather forecast in Phoenix. (Photo by Brandon Bell) Getty Images By now, heatwaves of record-setting peaks, duration, and timing are grimly familiar. One response has been to turn public spaces into cooling centers, or temperature-controlled facilities …