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Defining Heatwaves and Measuring Their Intensity: How the Historic 2003 Heatwave Could Become Commonplace in France
For planners, investors and policymakers, knowing when and where extreme heat will strike is crucial. Robust severity assessments is needed to offer a clearer view of potential impacts, yet heatwaves are complex and defined in many ways. This article presents a method from recent scientific research to measure severity and reveals how climate change is turning rare heatwaves into regular events.
Aug 125 min read


Designing for the Next Heatwave: How ClimateVision Helps Build Resilient Data Centers
Data center failures during the 2022 UK heatwave exposed a critical flaw in how we design infrastructure: relying on outdated weather data. As climate change make heatwaves more severe and more frequent, extreme temperature assumptions fall short. Discover how ClimateVision, Callendar’s climate impact tool, empowers operators with cutting-edge climate projections,making it easier to build heat-resilient infrastructure, anywhere in the world.
May 53 min read


Introduction to Extreme Value Theory for Climate Risk Analysis: Calculating a 100-Year Heatwave with Python
Can we predict the once-in-a-century heatwave in Paris ? EVT helps anticipate rare extreme weather events and adapt to climate change.
Nov 21, 20227 min read
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