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Climate Action 2024

Innovative urban design solutions to tackle extreme, rising heat

Temperatures around the world have been increasing in recent years, with 2023 being one of the hottest years ever recorded.* The OECD’s 2024 ‘Regions and Cities at a Glance’ report finds that in OECD large regions, air temperatures rose by an average of 1.4°C in 2023 compared to 1981–2010. This average masks even sharper increases … Continued