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Here's the secret to cooling India’s buildings

Corporate Knights

Officials from the India Meteorological Department attributed the length of the unrelenting heat wave, ironically, to what is commonly seen as a marker of urban “development”: a boom in (heat-trapping) high-rises. B y the middle of April, Mumbai had recorded its highest temperature of the last 15 years, approaching 40°C.

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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

“This year showed that climate change is an immediate direct threat to every community on this planet, and it is only going to intensify,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP. Local cities and governments have also developed codes. Green building certification has increased by 13.9 per cent compared to 2019.