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Chapter 1
‘Hot Cities, Chilled Economies’
Kathy Baughman-McLeod discusses the Atlantic Council’s Arsht-Rock Resilience Centre’s ‘Hot Cities, Chilled Economies’ report, which looks at the effects that heat is having on 12 cities around the world.
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Chapter 2
A tree always comes first
Remigijus Šimašius, the mayor of Vilnius, talks about the city’s 12-point street-design manual, which ensures that a key technique for cooling our urban environments – greenery – stays at the top of the list.
5 minutes
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Chapter 3
Mapping urban temperatures
Jay Sadiq speaks with us about his company FortyGuard, who are helping to provide detailed and granular maps of city temperatures to help people avoid, or address, street-level hot spots.
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Chapter 4
How the Baltic can help to heat homes
Timo Aaltonen of Finnish energy company HELEN describes their novel idea for harnessing the waters of the Baltic to bring heating to Helsinki.
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