Urban heat

Cities around the world are planting more trees to cope with rising urban heat. But our research shows trees alone are often not enough.

This report analyzes the relationship between the decline of green spaces and rising summer temperatures in Huế City, Vietnam, over the period 2014–2024

Paris, London and New York are more often associated with culture, finance and history than with dangerous heat. Yet each summer all three are increasingly exposed to extreme temperatures they were never designed to withstand.

A practical, non-technical guide helping humanitarian workers keep health centres and schools cooler through low-cost, energy-free building strategies suited to hot climates.

Site Management translates climate and environmental commitments into concrete, site-level action across multiple contexts.

This study integrates urban heat island (UHI) risk assessment with green space accessibility analysis to locate mismatches between heat risk mitigation need and green provision, and identifies the most vulnerable populations.

As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, cities around the world are using drills and tabletop exercises to expose weaknesses before a real emergency strikes.

A newly published research suggests that bold climate action taken now could potentially spare billions of people from heatwaves likely to be more severe than any the world has yet experienced.