Inch At first he, but, of course, not the last thermal wave of the year passes through Germany. The reaction shows that the topic of heat is increasingly recognized as a danger to public health. But while the public awareness is slowly changing, the policy is far from being ready to make serious efforts to make our cities heat festival.
For example, in Berlin, the State Health Office clarifies the consequences of extreme heat with the “Bear Heat” information campaign. On multilingual leaflets, authority recommends “drink enough”, “cool” and “ventilation in the morning”. In accordance with this, the home page of the campaign offers an interactive map with classrooms in Berlin.
There is also much more: at the beginning of June, in early June, a national day on heat takes place, which should pay even greater attention, hospitals and nursing institutions establish plans for protection from heat, in which, for example, pressing the disappearing patients in cooler rooms.
In the end, this development is a break with how extreme heat is still perceived in Germany. If you think that the illustrations of numerous media that appear for each thermal wave, extreme heat mainly means an open pool, spray on the lake and sweat in the office.
The fact that heat can be life threatening has not yet reached many goals. Schools also organize sports festivals at more than 30 degrees, and the athlete will regularly collapse on marathon runs in the summer: inside. According to the Institute of Robert Koch, over the past two years about 6,000 people died throughout the heat.
But the assumption that extreme heat is at best a nuisance, and nothing, not related to life, is also not registered in an built -up environment. Public places, such as Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte, are still completely laid in the redesign, without traces of cooling vapor zones. In addition, in the summer, many apartments are unbearably hot – a real risk to health, especially for the elderly and previous people.
Here, well -drawn tips and campaigns reach their limits. Even with five liters of water per day, 38 degrees in the apartment are no more tolerant. Construction measures, such as electric dishes or green facades, will help. But they are dear, and it is unlikely that any lessor is motivated to install them for free. There are no complaints about reducing rent, because the apartment is too hot. State housing companies in Berlin also do not matter. According to the parliamentary request, you have no ambition to make your housing festival. Instead, the companies distribute leaflets for the Bear Heat campaign in the Senate.
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But if you think that this is serious about protection against heat, there is no way to take a lot of money in the hand. Public and private buildings should be suitable. Instead of always building and compensating for them, areas should be sealed and landscaped, hospitals and nursing homes should be equipped with air conditioning systems. Piles, water functions and sprinkler systems also cost a lot of money.
Thus, climatic remodeling of large cities in Germany is a long time, seeing in connection with gesture health insurers and false priorities. In addition, information campaigns hide that the state does not want to spend money on real heat protection.
