Amazing job on covering this important topic Sanika ! The guest raised good points on the urban heat island effect - how temperatures can drop in certain areas with more tree cover, reminding me of how I’ve experienced this countless times in my daily commute - and the need for localised heat action plans. The other major point from Aditya that stuck with me is how investment to combat heat waves is deployed often on short term solutions that have better optics and may be more tangible. Longer term public and private investment to combat heat waves especially in dense cities is the need of the hour !
Absolutely Ashwin, I hear you! We all have experienced heat in our daily lives and it just keeps getting worse every year as our urban as well as rural tree cover keeps falling! Investments need to cover long term as well as the immediate impacts. Thank you for listening and sharing your thoughts!
Amazing job on covering this important topic Sanika !
The guest raised good points on the urban heat island effect - how temperatures can drop in certain areas with more tree cover, reminding me of how I’ve experienced this countless times in my daily commute - and the need for localised heat action plans.
The other major point from Aditya that stuck with me is how investment to combat heat waves is deployed often on short term solutions that have better optics and may be more tangible. Longer term public and private investment to combat heat waves especially in dense cities is the need of the hour !
Absolutely Ashwin, I hear you! We all have experienced heat in our daily lives and it just keeps getting worse every year as our urban as well as rural tree cover keeps falling! Investments need to cover long term as well as the immediate impacts. Thank you for listening and sharing your thoughts!