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Cool Roadways
Cool Roadways Partnership to Build Heat Resiliency
Cities, industry, and others are partnering to accelerate the development of cool pavement solutions. Learn more here.
Credit: Tokyo Municipal Government
Primer for Cool Cities
Passive Cooling Measures and How to Implement Them
Cities need to transform into more equitable, resilient, and prosperous places in the face of rapidly rising temperatures. The Primer shows cities how to do just that.
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New Initiatives
The One Million Cool Roofs Challenge
A first-of-its-kind, $2 million USD initiative to accelerate the transformation to cool surface in places that need it most.
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Key Initiatives
Addressing Dangerous Heat During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Recommendations from GCCA, Society of Behavioral Medicine and others provide a roadmap for cities to address dangerous heat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Unlock the Benefits of Cool Roofs
Choosing a cool roof could help generate hundreds of millions of dollars, save lives, and make your town a nicer place. Use this interactive feature to explore the problems attributed to excess urban heat, and see how cool surfaces can help.
About Us
Cool Cities Are Sustainable Cities
Global Cool Cities Alliance helps cities, countries, and others cost-effectively save energy, improve health and quality of life, and combat climate change by reducing excess urban heat.
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Cities taking action to reduce excess heat.
The Cool Cities Network is a partnership with C40 to connect cities and experts to understand, communicate about, and reduce excess urban heat.
The Science
Addressing Climate Change with Cool Surfaces
Switching to cool roofs cancels the warming effect of 500 coal power plants worth of GHG emissions. Learn more about the science.
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The Science
The Trillion Dollar Opportunity for Cities
Urban heat could cost cities up to 11% of their economic output by 2100. But UHI mitigation could generate billions in health, energy, and economic benefits. Learn more about the science.
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Cooling the world's cities with solar reflective urban surfaces is an easy, cost-effective first step toward cooling the planet.
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