Job titles of the future: Chief heat officer

Miami’s public official is the first of her kind.

Florida’s Miami-Dade County hired a chief heat officer, Jane Gilbert—the first position of its kind in the world.

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Phoenix AZ created the same position, the podcast The Daily did an episode about him.

I found it something of a letdown to listen to because this new department they created to address a growing threat is clearly low on the totem pole and has significant hurdles on getting anything basic done like simply planting a corridor of trees. You'd think they'd have taken heat mitigation more seriously in a city that hot.

I'm pulling for Miami and hope they can do more than just talk about doing something.