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HEAT-ADAPT: Enhancing HEAT ADAPTive capacity in Africa’s informal settlements with nature-based solutions

It is a grassroots climate action (SDG #13) project that will engage stakeholders and beneficiaries to co-design and produce NbS – exterior greening and community cooling centres that are evidence-based, socially inclusive, low-cost and “fit for purpose/location”. They will be integrated in informal communities to enhance their resilience and heat adaptive capacity.

Dates: 1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2024

Funding: Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

Research Team: 

  • Tobi Eniolu Morakinyo
  • Francesco Pilla

Websites: 

UCD School of Architecture Planning and Environmental Policy

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