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Refresh Kit
Looking for solutions to address extreme heat in your city or town? The Covenant of Mayors’ Refresh Kit is here to provide you with the support and resources you need to successfully refresh your city! Whether you're just starting or refining your approach, you'll discover practical guidance, inspiring stories, essential tools, insightful publications, and much more.
Hit
to start!
#CitiesRefresh
Access resources based on your refresh journey progress:
Get Started
Dive into this section to explore how heatwaves are affecting cities and the associated risks. These key resources will help you prepare for effective local responses.
Implement
Explore practical solutions such as nature-based measures, urban design, inclusive governance, and community engagement to bring your heat resilience strategy to life.
Info
Heat Mapping
Heat mapping helps cities visualise where heat stress is most intense. This section offers tools and examples to support you identify local hotspots and guide targeted measures.
Inspiration
Explore how cities across Europe are responding to rising heat. These case studies present practical approaches to inspire and guide your own local action.
The Refresh kit is continuously evolving - contact us.
For more detailed resources, see the Pathways2Resilience toolbox.
#CitiesRefresh
Get Started
Are cities taking action against urban overheating? Insights from over 7,500 local climate actions
One Earth Article
How to build heatwave resilience –
A study of European cities’ preparedness
Explore the impact of heatwaves on urban areas
Sweco
Briefing on the impacts of heat on health
To #HitRefresh, you have to start with understanding the local context. Extreme heat is impacting our cities, public health, and urban infrastructure. From the urban heat island effect to the exposure of vulnerable groups and the rise in summer energy poverty, cities are on the frontline. This is your starting point to develop measures that respond to real local needs, supported by shared knowledge, practical insights, and tools to strengthen your heat strategy.
European Environment Agency
Webinar on Extreme Heat
MIP4Adapt
Heatwave guide for cities
IFRC
City heatwave guide for Red Cross Red Crescent branches
IFRC
Urban Overheating and Adaptation Measures - An Analysis at EU, National, and Local Level
World Bank Group
How are cities answering the call for fossil-free cooling?
Energy Cities
#CitiesRefresh
Heat mapping
A clear diagnosis
Understanding how urban design magnifies heat starts with a clear diagnosis. Mapping Urban Heat Islands provides crucial insights into the areas that overheat the most and helps pinpoint zones that become particularly dangerous during heatwaves. These maps raise awarness among local stakeholders and guide action, from planning new developments to retrofitting public spaces to better suit a warmig climate. In this section, you’ll find resources to help you carry out your diagnosis and start mapping heat in your city.
Heat Action Platform
Atlantic Council
Thermal Assessment Tool
Reachout Project
Webinar on Urban Heat Islands
SEF
How to conduct a climate change risk assessment
C40
#CitiesRefresh
Implement
Cool down your city
Now it's time to move to implementation, making your city more heat-resilient and protecting residents. Explore practical solutions such as nature-based measures, smart urban design, inclusive governance, and community engagement to bring your heat resilience strategy to life..
Looking for tailored resources?
#CitiesRefresh
Inspiration
Get inspired by how cities #HitRefresh
With temperatures rising across Europe, from northern to southern cities, many local authorities are already putting adaptation measures into practice. In this section, you'll find a selection of resources that bring together case studies from cities across Europe and beyond, offering concrete, on-the-ground examples to inform and inspire your own local strategy.
CoM-munity Stories Map
The EU Covenant of Mayors
Climate-ADAPT Case study explorer
Climate-ADAPT
Extreme Heat Stories
BeBrit Extreme Heat Risk project
#CitiesRefresh
Explore country-specific tool and inspiration
Nature-Based Solutions
keeping it fresh with green spaces, shaded corridors and water features.
Cool Towns Intervention Catalogue
Cool Towns Project
Guide on cities' tree canopy cover
C40
Effective street tree and grass designs to cool European neighbourhoods
Urban Climate
Cool down your city
Explore resources on various topics to deepen your knowledge of measures to tackle extreme heat.
Urban Action Kit
Urban Cooling Toolbox
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
C40
Heatwave guide for cities
Guide on how to adapt your city to extreme heat
C40
C40
Climate Adaptation App
Policy brief on Urban heat islands
Sweco, Bosch Slabbers, Deltares, Witteveen+Bos, KNMI
The Joint Research Centre
Heatwave risk assessment tools - are they needed?
MIP4Adapt
Measuring benefits of urban heat adaptation
C40
Smart Urban Design
promoting heat-resilient infrastructure and urban planning.
EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change
European Commission
A pratical guide to cool roofs and cool pavements
Global Cool Cities Alliance
Beating the Heat: A Sustainable Cooling Handbook for Cities
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Good Governance
leading with proactive policies, widespread awareness and warning systems.
Guide on supporting workers in extreme heat
C40
Recommendations on how to address Summer Energy Poverty in public policies
CoolToRise
Extreme Heat Safety Social Media Toolkit
Ready
Framing summer energy poverty
European Commission
Community
involing citizens and working together to support the most vulnerable.
Empowering Citizens to Go Green!
GreenScape CE
Home Cooling Tips messaging toolkit
C40
Social fairness in preparing for climate change: how resilience can benefit communities across Europe
European Environment Agency
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Welcome to the
Share your actions
Contact us
Explore the campaign
Refresh Kit
Looking for solutions to address extreme heat in your city or town? The Covenant of Mayors’ Refresh Kit is here to provide you with the support and resources you need to successfully refresh your city! Whether you're just starting or refining your approach, you'll discover practical guidance, inspiring stories, essential tools, insightful publications, and much more.
Hit
to start!
#CitiesRefresh
Access resources based on your refresh journey progress:
Get Started
Dive into this section to explore how heatwaves are affecting cities and the associated risks. These key resources will help you prepare for effective local responses.
Implement
Explore practical solutions such as nature-based measures, urban design, inclusive governance, and community engagement to bring your heat resilience strategy to life.
Info
Heat Mapping
Heat mapping helps cities visualise where heat stress is most intense. This section offers tools and examples to support you identify local hotspots and guide targeted measures.
Inspiration
Explore how cities across Europe are responding to rising heat. These case studies present practical approaches to inspire and guide your own local action.
The Refresh kit is continuously evolving - contact us.
For more detailed resources, see the Pathways2Resilience toolbox.
#CitiesRefresh
Get Started
Are cities taking action against urban overheating? Insights from over 7,500 local climate actions
One Earth Article
How to build heatwave resilience – A study of European cities’ preparedness
Explore the impact of heatwaves on urban areas
Sweco
Briefing on the impacts of heat on health
To #HitRefresh, you have to start with understanding the local context. Extreme heat is impacting our cities, public health, and urban infrastructure. From the urban heat island effect to the exposure of vulnerable groups and the rise in summer energy poverty, cities are on the frontline. This is your starting point to develop measures that respond to real local needs, supported by shared knowledge, practical insights, and tools to strengthen your heat strategy.
European Environment Agency
Webinar on Extreme Heat
MIP4Adapt
Heatwave guide for cities
IFRC
City heatwave guide for Red Cross Red Crescent branches
IFRC
Urban Overheating and Adaptation Measures - An Analysis at EU, National, and Local Level
World Bank Group
How are cities answering the call for fossil-free cooling?
Energy Cities
#CitiesRefresh
Heat mapping
A clear diagnosis
Understanding how urban design magnifies heat starts with a clear diagnosis. Mapping Urban Heat Islands provides crucial insights into the areas that overheat the most and helps pinpoint zones that become particularly dangerous during heatwaves. These maps raise awarness among local stakeholders and guide action, from planning new developments to retrofitting public spaces to better suit a warmig climate. In this section, you’ll find resources to help you carry out your diagnosis and start mapping heat in your city.
Heat Action Platform
Atlantic Council
Thermal Assessment Tool
Reachout Project
Webinar on Urban Heat Islands
SEF
How to conduct a climate change risk assessment
C40
#CitiesRefresh
Implement
Cool down your city
Now it's time to move to implementation, making your city more heat-resilient and protecting residents. Explore practical solutions such as nature-based measures, smart urban design, inclusive governance, and community engagement to bring your heat resilience strategy to life..
Looking for tailored resources?
#CitiesRefresh
Inspiration
Get inspired by how cities #HitRefresh
With temperatures rising across Europe, from northern to southern cities, many local authorities are already putting adaptation measures into practice. In this section, you'll find a selection of resources that bring together case studies from cities across Europe and beyond, offering concrete, on-the-ground examples to inform and inspire your own local strategy.
CoM-munity Stories Map
The EU Covenant of Mayors
Climate-ADAPT Case study explorer
Climate-ADAPT
Extreme Heat Stories
BeBrit Extreme Heat Risk project
#CitiesRefresh
Explore country-specific tool and inspiration
Nature-Based Solutions
keeping it fresh with green spaces, shaded corridors and water features.
Cool Towns Intervention Catalogue
Cool Towns Project
Guide on cities' tree canopy cover
C40
Effective street tree and grass designs to cool European neighbourhoods
Urban Climate
Cool down your city
Explore resources on various topics to deepen your knowledge of measures to tackle extreme heat.
Urban Action Kit
Urban Cooling Toolbox
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
C40
Heatwave guide for cities
Guide on how to adapt your city to extreme heat
C40
C40
Climate Adaptation App
Policy brief on Urban heat islands
Sweco, Bosch Slabbers, Deltares, Witteveen+Bos, KNMI
The Joint Research Centre
Heatwave risk assessment tools - are they needed?
MIP4Adapt
Measuring benefits of urban heat adaptation
C40
Smart Urban Design
promoting heat-resilient infrastructure and urban planning.
EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change
European Commission
A pratical guide to cool roofs and cool pavements
Global Cool Cities Alliance
Beating the Heat: A Sustainable Cooling Handbook for Cities
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Good Governance
leading with proactive policies, widespread awareness and warning systems.
Guide on supporting workers in extreme heat
C40
Recommendations on how to address Summer Energy Poverty in public policies
CoolToRise
Extreme Heat Safety Social Media Toolkit
Ready
Framing summer energy poverty
European Commission
Community
involing citizens and working together to support the most vulnerable.
Empowering Citizens to Go Green!
GreenScape CE
Home Cooling Tips messaging toolkit
C40
Social fairness in preparing for climate change: how resilience can benefit communities across Europe
European Environment Agency