Getting hotter: Heat stress rises for Dhaka’s poor as green spaces shrink
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as temperatures soar in Bangladesh’s crowded capital, accessing cooler spots like parks is getting harder…
Postcards: Colombia’s Medellin plants ‘green corridors’ to beat rising heat
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the difference an initiative to create green spaces is making…
Wow!: Entrepreneurs turn rusting Soviet plant into green urban space in western Ukraine
SERGIY KARAZY and MARGARYTA CHORNOKONDRATENKO, of Reuters, report from Ukraine…
Equal access?: As COVID-hit Brits escape to the country, minorities face rural racism
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on concerns in the UK that green spaces are not easily accessible to all…
Postcards: Facing COVID-19 and climate threats, Nairobi ramps up green efforts
WESLEY LANGAT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Postcards: Coronavirus reveals ‘green apartheid’ in South African cities
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the findings of a study showing poorer city residents – most of whom are Black – live in areas with fewer parks or green spaces…
Distribution of parks in US neighbourhoods reveals racial disparities
New York,Thomson Reuters Foundation Parks in primarily non-white neighbourhoods are half the size and five times as crowded as parks in mostly white neighbourhoods, putting communities of colour at risk during the summer heat, research showed on Wednesday. In low-income neighbourhoods, parks are four times smaller and four times more crowded on average than parks […]
Greener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities
Tbilisi, GeorgiaThomson Reuters Foundation City dwellers tend to live longer if they are in leafy neighbourhoods, according to a study published on Wednesday that linked green areas to lower rates of premature death. Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air and absorbing planet-warming gases, now researchers at the Barcelona Institute […]