Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................  4 Chapter 1. Heatwave Resilience in the City of Bucharest ..................  6 Urban Heat Island, the Causeof Rising Temperatures ..................  6 Monitoring Air and SurfaceTemperature in Bucharest ..................  6 Bucharest’s Hottest Areas .........................................  9 What the Climate of BucharestWill Look Like Over the Coming Decades ..  9 Chapter 2. European Policies Regarding the Climate Crisis. Implications for Vulnerable Groups and the Local Administration .......  12 Chapter 3. Bucharest’s Administrative Vision Regarding Environmental Challenges .......................................  14 Strategic Documentsfor the City of Bucharest......................  17 The Socio-Medical Infrastructurein Place for Heatwave Periods........  19 The Perils of Gentrification .......................................  19 Public Infrastructures in Bucharest and Their Level of Adaptation to the Climate Crisis...............................  21 Chapter 4. Vulnerable Groups during Heatwaves.......................  23 Methodology ..................................................  23 National Regulations Concerning the Management of Red Heat-Health Alerts.......................................  24 Housing and Heatwaves........................................  24 Leisure Time ...................................................  26 Work and Heatwaves ...........................................  27 Conclusions and Recommendations ..................................  29 About the Authors ................................................ 33