![icon_heat](https://climate-impetus.eu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/icon_heat-pi6mrtaxrywt99p8s2g9o5xxtv9ceklazaxfa7s3k0.png)
High temperatures
Record-breaking summertime temperatures have been recorded in the Netherlands in recent years. With global temperatures rising, such extreme weather events will occur more often, and for longer periods. Prolonged high temperatures, with warm nights as well as hot days, can cause heat stress* and related health issues, particularly among city populations.
*Heat stress occurs when the human body cannot get rid of excess heat and can impact wellbeing through conditions such as heat stroke, exhaustion, cramps and rashes.
![Map of Zeeland and Rotterdam in the Netherlands](https://climate-impetus.eu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/zeeland-scaled-q0qn4873oays27ui63dycnv9lykg8wrtlibp68fnog.jpg)
![Heat stress map of Zierikzee in Zeeland](https://climate-impetus.eu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Heatstress-Zierikzee-legend-q18sv5t8v2ikxw1jop5id7cz9fvic3ttom61luycgw.png)
"We want to enable municipality decision makers who are working on spatial developments to identify heat stress 'hot spots' and cool areas, analyse the future effects of climate change, and model the effect of different heat stress-reducing measures. The tool must provide them with an easy starting point to integrate heat stress risks in their projects."
Martine Rottink, Nelen & Schuurmans