Urban heat islands raise city temperatures and drive up energy use. This research on urban tree cooling performance explains how vegetation cools downtown areas and improves urban ecological living conditions.
Key benefits:
- Rooftop greening and street tree planting can lower central urban temperatures by 2 to 4°C in densely built areas
- Local governments are launching subsidy schemes to boost community green space construction and ecological restoration projects
- Green infrastructure will become a key urban adaptation measure to tackle global warming in the coming decade