Haris Doukas aims to make Athens more resilient to record temperatures by planting more trees and opening air-conditioned public spaces
Trees, cooling centres, water stations. All three are on Haris Doukas’s mind as he sits in his office-turned-control centre on the top floor of city hall.
Barely six months into the job, the mayor of Athens’s top priority is simple: ensuring that the people of Greece’s capital – mainland Europe’s hottest metropolis – survive the summer. After a June that was the hottest on record, the city has already witnessed record-breaking temperatures and wildfires.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/10/athens-mayor-extreme-heat-greece
Author : Helena Smith in Athens
Publish date : 2024-07-10 10:46:42
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