How are Cities Adapting to Heatwaves in the Face of Climate Change
As the climate crisis has made heat waves more likely and more intense, cities are taking measures to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme temperatures.
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As the climate crisis has made heat waves more likely and more intense, cities are taking measures to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme temperatures.
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Copy According to the UN, more than 7000 extreme weather events have been recorded since 2000. Just this year, wildfires raged across Australia and the west coast of the U.S.; Siberia charted record high temperatures, reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit before Dallas or Houston; and globally, this September was the world’s hottest September on record. As the effects of the climate crisis manifest in these increasingly dire ways, it is the prerogative of the building industry – currently responsible for 39% of global greenhouse gas emissions – to do its part by committing to genuine and swee...