How can Jersey adapt to a changing climate and more heatwaves?

Home manager at Stuart Court Residential Home, Elaine Jackson, said: “They are sweating so much, like us all, and the staff, we’re all sweating.

“We do need to replace those fluids and replace those electrolytes and make sure people are kept cool.”

Resident Beryl Butel said: “We’re very lucky because we’ve got the fans going and I’ve got one in my room, but it’s the staff, really, because they’re very hot.”

People in the hospital and outpatients centre said they had struggled to keep cool and the health minister has promised those problems would not continue when new health facilities had been built.

Renouf said the island need to start planning “now” for the fact the island will not return to previous, cooler climates.

He said he wanted to consider how developers could design methods of capturing rainwater to reuse and if older buildings could be retrofitted with cooling systems.

“I don’t think we can wave a magic wand, we can’t immediately address every single one of those problems in one go, but I think we need to start having the conversation now about what changes we make to building regulations, so that new buildings are future-proofed,” he added.

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