Ada Carpenter is Carbon Brief’s 2024 journalism intern. Ada is an MSc Climate Change, Development and Policy student at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, where she has been an active student journalist covering breaking stories and investigations. She has previous experience working for knowledge sharing and programme management at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the UN Development Programme in Seoul, South Korea. She also volunteers as a lead editor for ClimaTalk.
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Rural ‘buffer ring’ can reduce urban heat island effect by more than 0.5C
Rural land cover surrounding a city has the potential to reduce the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect and cool the city centre by more than 0.5C, new research shows.
August 9, 2024
