Will Cavendish, Global Digital Services Leader at Arup, explains how digital tools can equip us to deal with the threat of rising city temperatures. Tackling the problem can’t be left to city leaders or even Chief Heat Officers alone. AI and digital tools are at the heart of enabling us to do this. That’s why we launched our Urban Heat Snapshot – to help city leaders, urban designers and planners better understand how heat affects different parts of a city, and suggest the impactful actions they can take to mitigate extreme effects. And within Madrid, severe hot spots meant 500,000 children and elderly people living with evening UHI heat spikes of 7°C or more.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2023 11:00 UTC