Video Opinion Series: Extreme Heat Doesn’t Belong to a Single Season

Ashley Ward on why policymakers should treat heat as a natural disaster issue

Ashley Ward, who directs the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, urges municipal leaders and policymakers to treat extreme heat with the same year-round urgency they do other natural disasters. Duke Opinion is a video series featuring Duke scholars commenting on the most pressing issues of the day.