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YouJustSaidButFuck t1_j6sa2fi wrote

Reply to comment by Hour-Watch8988 in Planting more trees could axe summer deaths by a third. Modelling of 93 European cities finds that increasing tree cover up to 30% can help lower the temperature of urban environments by an average of 0.4°C and prevent one in three heat deaths as a result. by MistWeaver80

Urban sprawl is HORRIBLE for climate.

Suburbs are a major problem

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Hour-Watch8988 t1_j6saol3 wrote

Of course. But you could immediately halt all exurban development and also provide plenty housing to ease the housing shortage if we just upzone inner-ring suburbs to medium-sized multifamily buildings.

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histosol t1_j6ujylw wrote

building up is more expensive, plus people kinda want their own 4 walls.

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