City trees help combat climate change by cooling outdoor spaces and lowering the heat-island effect. Shading buildings with trees can also reduce cooling costs. In 25 years of consulting on children’s ...

Tree planting in city centres needs to "go harder and go faster" in order to help keep them cool ahead of future deadly ...

By investing less than 1% of the city’s annual operating budget, about US$34 million, in 2,500 new trees and 3,000 cool roofs targeting the most at-risk areas, we found that Boston could reduce ...

Brian Minter: Planting trees can help cool your home and patio Opinion: It seems we may be experiencing more extreme weather, and the trees I’ve written about in this article are more tolerant ...

By investing less than 1% of the city's annual operating budget, about US$34 million, in 2,500 new trees and 3,000 cool roofs targeting the most at-risk areas, we found that Boston could reduce ...