German Cities Poorly Prepared for Heat According to Environmental Aid
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According to the German Environmental Aid, German cities are poorly protected from heat by sealing and the loss of trees.
Climate change makes heat waves more frequent and more intense. Cities are particularly affected. Many are not well prepared for this, the German Environmental Aid criticises - and demands more trees and less concrete.[more]]>
In green oases, heat can be tolerated better than in concrete deserts. However, the number of trees decreases in many places. According to the German Environmental Aid, especially a city in the south-west has great catching-up needs.
According to Deutsche Umwelthilfe, thousands of trees have disappeared in Duisburg in recent years, more than elsewhere in NRW.
TRIER/MAINZ – Concrete, hardly any trees and too little shade: Many people are exposed to the extreme summer heat in large cities in Rhineland-Palatinate according to an investigation by the German Environmental Aid Agency (DUH). Ludwigshafen and Worms thus perform particularly poorly. In a nationwide comparison, they end up in fourth place and six of the ranking of cities where people are the worst in [...]
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