AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarHow Delhi's rising heat and a love of concrete caused a deadly water crisisverified_publisherThe Guardian - Ashish MalhotraReports warn it could run out of groundwater by 2020. Has Delhi run out of time to reverse years of mismanagement and unchecked urbanisation?
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarCooling goo sidewalks and other strange new weapons in the war on urban heatverified_publisherThe Guardian - Susie CagleLos Angeles faces a doubling of its extreme heat days but has fresh ideas to keep residents cool - and tackle the inequality of who suffers
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarNearly 200 US cities are seeing more extremely hot days, analysis findsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Emily Holden198 had an increase in the average number of days each year that felt 90F or hotter and 106 cities had an increase in ‘danger’ days that felt 105F or hotter
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatar'We have different ways of coping': the global heatwave from Beijing to Bukharaverified_publisherThe Guardian - Elle HuntSwimming in the Nile, wearing wet towels, absorbing heat with sacks of rice – people from nine countries around the world tell us how they’re coping – or not coping – with the extreme heat
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatar'It can’t get much hotter ... can it?' How heat became a national US problemverified_publisherThe Guardian - Oliver MilmanHeat now kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters – but cities are facing it almost entirely alone
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarAn inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern cityverified_publisherThe Guardian - Rowan MooreThe shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off?
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatar'This summer doesn't belong in Scandinavia': your stories of heat around the worldverified_publisherThe Guardian - Elle HuntFrom Hawaii to the Netherlands and France to South Korea readers have shared their reactions to recent record temperatures
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarHalfway to boiling: the city at 50Cverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsIt is the temperature at which human cells start to cook, animals suffer and air conditioners overload power grids. Once an urban anomaly, 50C is fast becoming reality
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarHeat: the next big inequality issueverified_publisherThe Guardian - Amy FlemingThe deadly global heatwave has made it impossible to ignore: in cities worldwide, we are now divided into the cool haves and the hot have-nots
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarWhat would a heat-proof city look like?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Philip OldfieldCities are already up to 10C hotter than the surrounding areas. As the climate warms, here are four ways cities can cool down – saving lives and energy
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarSydney's bushfire season starts in winter: 'We may have to rethink how we live'verified_publisherThe Guardian - Lisa CoxHotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and increasing urban sprawl into bushland puts more people at risk
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarDeath, blackouts, melting asphalt: ways the climate crisis will change how we liveverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterFrom power cuts to infrastructure failure, the impact of climate change on US cities will be huge – but many are already innovating to adapt