Climate solution for the future: How to keep cities cool during heatwaves

The Swiss Connection · Dec 3, 2024 · 17:43

Listen in the Podli app 🎧

Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.

Cities tend to get hotter than the countryside when a heatwave hits. What can be done about these urban heat traps? How can hot summers be made more tolerable for city dwellers? SWI swissinfo.ch asked an expert at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich.

If you are interested in reading about this story or other science stories from Switzerland please visit www.swissinfo.ch/science.

Jounalist: Luigi Jorio
Host: Jo Fahy
Audio editor/video journalist: Michele Andina
Distribution and Marketing: Xin Zhang

Send us Fan Mail

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.