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Global South cities lack cooling green spaces
Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they lack cooling green spaces, new research shows. The study found that Global South cities have just 70% of the "cooling capacity" provided by urban greenery in the Global North. The paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, is titled "Green infrastructure provides substantial but unequal urban cooling globally."
Cities in the Global South are more exposed to extreme heat because they have less green space, and they are left with 70% of the “cooling capacity” provided by urban vegetation in the Global North. This is indicated in a note from Europa Press. Research published in Nature Communications, led by an international team that includes the universities of Nanjing, Exeter, Aarhus and North Carolina State, concludes that there is “enormous potential” …
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