Heat Resilience: An Opportunity for Cross-Sector Action in the United States, developed by Forum for the Future and Trane Technologies through the Climate and Health Coalition, is a call to collective action on one of the most urgent and overlooked climate challenges.

Drawing on six months of collaboration with experts and practitioners across business, healthcare, government, and community organizations, the paper outlines what it will take to protect people, communities, and economies from intensifying heat.

Inside, you’ll find:

• A roadmap for collective action outlining system-level shifts needed to address extreme heat.
• Sector-specific guidance for businesses—including those in insurance, pharmaceuticals and consumer health, agriculture and food, technology, the built environment, and media—as well as for policymakers at the city and state levels.
• Policy, finance, and design levers that enable community-centered resilience.
• Case studies from organizations leading on heat resilience—including Bayer, Elevance Health, the Federation of American
• Scientists, Johnson & Johnson, the Resilient Cities Network, La Isla Network, Health Care Without Harm, The Alliance for Heat Resilience and Health, Mercer and the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, Safe Work 4 All Coalition, and Trane Technologies.