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The world’s first Chief Heat Officer, Jane Gilbert, was appointed in May 2021. She explains what the role involves and how it’s changed her as a leader.
28 mag 2021 · Jane Gilbert è la pioniera in un compito arduo e sempre più indispensabile, sarà "manager del caldo", funzionaria amministrativa che lavorerà con le autorità locali, scienziati e...
- Cristina Nadotti
Chief Heat Officer. Share: In 2021, Miami-Dade County received a challenge grant offer from the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center to fast start an extreme heat initiative under the Resilient305 program. This grant led to the creation of the world’s first Chief Heat Officer (CHO) position.
- Oppressive Heat Rising
- Solving The AC Dilemma
- Recognizing The Link Between Equity and Climate Resilience
When Gilbert relocated to Miami from the northeast in 1995, the tropical heat was “a big part of the draw,” she says. She grew up in Connecticut and studied environmental science at Barnard College in New York. But after graduating in 1987, she quickly realized her “system just does better” in warmer climes, and spent several years doing work aroun...
Gilbert is now in charge of creating a plan to keep the county cool in a safer and more equitable way—she says it will be ready for review by the mayor and the county commission “probably in 10 months.” The heat plan will expand Miami Dade’s weatherization program, a multimillion-dollar fund that helps struggling residents make their homes more ene...
Climate experts have long warned that the impacts of climate change—driven by the high-emitting activities of wealthier people and countries—would fall most heavily on poorer people and countries that don’t have the resources to deal with them. In Miami, activists like Gomez and Cruz have fought to convince local authorities to pony up resources to...
- Ciara Nugent
17 mar 2024 · Jane Gilbert is working to figure out how one of the hottest cities in the U.S. can protect its most vulnerable denizens while navigating Florida politics.
17 mar 2024 · MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Jane Gilbert was relishing the mild temperatures and gentle breeze of early March as she hurried between meetings. She knows the heat will be here soon enough.
Meet Jane Gilbert, the first person in history to have the title of chief heat officer. Working with leadership, community stakeholders and experts across departments and disciplines, she aspires to build and design solutions that reduce rising temperatures' health and economic impacts and improve our quality of life.
