Integration of green and grey

A strategy is vital to the adaptation to impacts of climate change on our cities and developing them into better places to live and work.

Adams said that strategic energy improvement of the built environment and major scale urban planting have been recognised as having the ability to perform a vital role in helping cities adapt to the effects of climate change. Tree canopies, green roofs and facade systems can reduce the heat island effects in hot weather as well as improving city air quality and reducing energy consumption.