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Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: opportunities to advance climate action
There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort,...
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Municipal finance shapes urban climate action and justice
Implementing climate policies and programmes in cities requires substantial investments that inevitably entangle climate action with urban climate...
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Variations in Surface Urban Heat Island and Urban Cool Island Intensity: A Review Across Major Climate Zones
The climate has an impact on the urban thermal environment, and the magnitude of the surface urban heat island (SUHI) and urban cool island (UCI)...
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Characterization of urban agriculture and farmers’ climate change adaptation: the case of Urban Wa, Ghana
Urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa has the potential to significantly improve urban food security and feed the underprivileged when promoted. In...
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The potential of urban irrigation for counteracting carbon-climate feedback
Global climate changes, especially the rise of global mean temperature due to the increased carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration, can, in turn, result...
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Climate change, urban vulnerabilities and adaptation in Africa: a sco** review
Urban areas and the fastest-growing cities in Africa are experiencing devastating impact of climate change. The changing climate requires a human...
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Exploring climate change adaptation strategies of crop and livestock farmers in urban Ghana
This study investigates the climate change adaptation strategies employed by urban crop and livestock farmers in Ghana. With the increasing...
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Urban trawling bats depend on green and blue space in a subtropical city: implications for urban planning and climate change resilience
Efforts to create sustainable cities and urban climate-resilience depend on understanding how wildlife use the urban matrix to guide urban planning...
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Urban land patterns can moderate population exposures to climate extremes over the 21st century
Climate change and global urbanization have often been anticipated to increase future population exposure (frequency and intensity) to extreme...
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Novel Perspectives on Environmental Dynamic Resilience: Adapting Urban Water Systems to a Changing Climate
Climate change imposes significant pressure on existing urban water systems. Prolonged low-flow periods, attributed to shifting climatic conditions,...
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Urban climate resilience in Africa: a review of nature-based solution in African cities' adaptation plans
Cities are globally exposed to climate change effects, which revealed that 55% of the world's population is at risk. Despite their low contribution...
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Climate data for building simulations with urban heat island effects and nature-based solutions
As cities face a changing climate, buildings will be subjected to increasing energy demand, heat stress, thermal comfort issues, and decreased...
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Challenges resulting from urban density and climate change for the EU energy transition
Dense urban morphologies further amplify extreme climate events due to the urban heat island phenomenon, rendering cities more vulnerable to extreme...
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Global spatial assessment of potential for new peri-urban forests to combat climate change
Forests hold and remove vast quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Given the challenges of reducing emissions quickly enough and the...
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Global map** of urban nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation
Many cities around the world are experimenting with nature-based solutions (NbS) to address the interconnected climate-, biodiversity- and...
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Challenges and countermeasures of urban water systems against climate change: a perspective from China
Urban water systems are facing various challenges against climate change, impacting cities’ security and their sustainable development. Specifically,...
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Understanding transformative capacity to boost urban climate adaptation: A Semi-Systematic Literature Review
Transformative capacity (TC) is key for addressing climate change impacts. It refers to urban areas’ ability for profound and intentional change to...
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Harnessing the runoff reduction potential of urban bioswales as an adaptation response to climate change
Nature-based solutions (NbS), including China's Sponge City Program (SCP), can address the challenges urban communities face due to surface runoff...
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Simulating urban energy use under climate change scenarios and retrofit plans in coastal Texas
Rapid urbanization, climate change, and aging infrastructure pose significant challenges to achieving sustainability and resilience goals in urban...
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Increased heat risk in wet climate induced by urban humid heat
Cities are generally warmer than their adjacent rural land, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island (UHI). Often accompanying the UHI effect is...
