Dr. Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat Officer for Athens, Greece, on the Silent Killer of Extreme Heat

Why is extreme heat the “silent killer” in climate change? Listen
to Jason Mitchell discuss with Dr. Eleni Myrivili, Chief Heat
Officer for the city of Athens, Greece, about what the impact of
heat stress means; how cities around the world are addressing it
from a policy perspective and why it’s likely we’ll see more of
these positions and more intervention going forward. Dr. Eleni
Myrivili is the Chief Heat Officer for the city of Athens, Greece.
She designs, leads, and promotes heat adaptation programs that
protect people at risk while building better urban environments, in
Athens and beyond. From 2014 to 2019, she served as Athens’ Deputy
Mayor for Urban Nature and Climate Resilience pioneering
multimillion-euro programs in equitable blue and green
infrastructure development. She is also senior advisor and senior
fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience
Center which she joined in the summer of 2020.