About the Authors Irina Zamfirescu has been active since 2006 with the Association Active Watch, and since 2022, she has held the position of lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, at the University of Bucharest, where she coordinates the Master’s programme Cross-disciplinary perspectives on socio-ecological transformations. She conducts most of her research as engaged anthropology, working with vulnerable communities. She is interested in social justice and, together with communities affected by extreme poverty, undertakes advocacy efforts aimed at improving the quality of life for people experiencing homelessness and families living in informal communities. She is also involved in research exploring practices of coexistence within multi-ethnic communities. As of July 2025, she has been a member of the European Commission’s Housing Advisory Board. Sorin Cheval is a climatologist at the National Meteorological Administration, with key scientific interests in urban climate, climate variability, and the study of risk‑related phenomena. Sorin Cheval is an associate professor at the University of Bucharest and at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, as well as a doctoral supervisor in the field of Geography at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. He has authored over 100 scientific papers published both nationally and internationally; he is the lead author of the forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Alexandru Dumitrescu is a scientific researcher specialising in climatology, with over two decades of experience at the National Meteorological Administration, within the Climatology Department. His core expertise lies in the analysis of climate changes, using integrated methods that include observational data, remote sensing, and climate modelling. He is also involved in the development of operational climate services, turning complex climate information into practical tools for sectors such as agriculture, urban planning, and the management of climate and natural risks. Bucharest Under Heatwave 33