City Cooling by Planting Trees

"Adaptation to climate change is essential in-so-far-as the Earth’s climate is already changing and future change is inevitable. The immediate challenge is to decrease the vulnerability of socio-economic sectors and ecosystems to current climate variability. However, it must be recognized that there are physical, technological, financial, behavioral and institutional limits to adaptation.
The challenge now is to negotiate a long-term global equitable regulatory framework with intermediate targets that can limit greenhouse emissions at a level that limits the increase in global mean surface temperature to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. However, the 2°C target is unlikely to be met and the world should be prepared to adapt to a 3-4°C increase".
Professor Robert Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor, Defra

Research in Manchester University's Roland Ennos showing the cooling effects of trees and adding green space.All slides credited to the University of Manchester.







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