According to the senator, the heat is a particular burden for elderly people, people in need of care, the chronically ill and the homeless. "In recent years, the Senate Department for Science, Health and Care has worked together with many different stakeholders in Berlin's health and care system to promote heat protection." In 2022, the Aktionsbündnis Hitzeschutz (Heat Protection Action Alliance) was founded - an association of various stakeholders from Berlin's healthcare sector, to better protect the population from extreme temperatures.