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The Role of Air Conditioning Adaptation in Mitigating Compound Day–Night Heatwave Exposure in China Under Climate Change
by Yuke Wang and Feng Ma
Atmosphere 2025, 16(8), 912; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16080912 - 28 Jul 2025
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Global warming and rapid urbanization have increased population exposure to heatwaves, with compound day- and night-time heatwaves (CDNH) posing greater health risks than individual heatwave events. Although air conditioning (AC) adaptation effectively mitigates heat-related impacts, its role in reducing CDNH exposure under climate [...] Read more.
Global warming and rapid urbanization have increased population exposure to heatwaves, with compound day- and night-time heatwaves (CDNH) posing greater health risks than individual heatwave events. Although air conditioning (AC) adaptation effectively mitigates heat-related impacts, its role in reducing CDNH exposure under climate change remains unknown. Using meteorological and socioeconomic data, this study quantified population exposure to CDNHs and the impacts that could be avoided through AC adaptation across China and its regional variations. Results show that CDNH exposure risks were particularly high in the middle–lower Yangtze–Huaihe Basin and south China, with an increasing trend observed over the period of 2001–2022. AC adaptation has reduced the exposure risk and its upward trend by 5.85% and 37.87%, respectively, with higher mitigating effects in urban areas. By breaking down the total exposure changes into climatic, demographic, and AC-driven changes, this study reveals that increased AC contributes 10.16% to exposure reduction, less than the effect of climate warming (59.80%) on the exposure increases. These findings demonstrate that expanding AC adaptation alone is insufficient to offset climate-driven increases in exposure, highlighting the urgent need for more effective adaptation measures to address climate change and thereby alleviate its adverse impacts on human beings. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Earth Surface Processes: From Weathering to Climate Change)
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