{"id":235401,"date":"2023-10-11T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/what-a-heat-proof-city-could-look-like-grist\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:21:23","slug":"what-a-heat-proof-city-could-look-like-grist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/what-a-heat-proof-city-could-look-like-grist\/","title":{"rendered":"What a heat-proof city could look like &#8211; Grist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"aligncenter\">The spotlight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">Last week, Grist published a special multimedia project exploring the many tools that cities have at their disposal to prepare for one of climate change\u2019s deadliest impacts: extreme heat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The topic has been a central focus for us throughout the summer, both here in Looking Forward and for the full Grist newsroom, with the launch of our Record High series. And it\u2019s been a summer (or winter, in the Southern Hemisphere) of scary news, with records smashed and new studies about where humans may not be able to survive as the world continues to warm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But as we\u2019ve discussed in this newsletter, promising adaptations to extreme heat abound, and many cities and towns are already planning for a hotter future and implementing life-saving measures like cool roofs, green corridors, and tree-equity plans. Early on in Grist\u2019s planning for a summer of extreme heat&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/looking-forward\/what-a-heat-proof-city-could-look-like\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spotlight Last week, Grist published a special multimedia project exploring the many tools that cities have at their disposal to prepare for one of climate change\u2019s deadliest impacts: extreme heat. 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