The City of Tucson is joining forces with the University of Arizona and Pima County Health Department to host the Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit. If you are working in or around heat or are interested in contributing ideas on heat mitigation and preparedness, you are invited!
This one-day, in-person workshop will bring together different agencies, organizations, and residents to plan and strategize for a warming climate. Speakers include Mayor Regina Romero and MEZCOPH's own, Dr. Mona Arora. By participating, you will help inform the City of Tucson’s future heat mitigation strategy while networking with fellow government stakeholders, emergency managers, health providers, NGOs, community leaders, residents, and elected officials. Additionally, the summit is a pivotal action (CR-2) in the implementation of the City of Tucson’s climate action and adaptation plan, Tucson Resilient Together.
Space is limited! Register here: bit.ly/3RMR4ho
Who should attend?
Ready to help guide the next generation of heat preparedness? The Southern Arizona Heat Planning Summit aims to bring together the wide web of heat-related practitioners to build a shared platform to tackle this pressing issue across Southern Arizona.
You should attend if:
- You work in a heat adjacent field including healthcare, energy or utilities, policy or government, community care, construction, or development, and many more
- If you are advancing heat data or research, heat adaptation or mitigation
- If you experience extreme heat or work with populations that do including houseless communities, utility underserved, transportation underserved, outdoor or unsheltered workers, and many more
- If you are working to advance community level heat response and cooling
The planning will take place in a small group conversation setting, so please come ready to listen and share.
