Heat waves are one of the deadliest weather-related disasters in Europe; 140,000 deaths associated with 83 heat waves have been recorded since the beginning of this century (UNEP 2020). In 2020 alone, extreme temperature disasters resulted in 6,388 recorded deaths (CRED and UNDRR 2020). While climate change is increasing temperatures globally, cities are at particularly high risk from excess heat. Cities are growing rapidly in areas and populations...
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Piloting Nature-based Solutions for Urban Cooling : Overview
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Wang,Xueman; Salat,Serge; Kurt Shickman; Xu,Xiang.
Piloting Nature-based Solutions for Urban Cooling : Overview (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099014002092333691