2026
The current research stage brings together climate modeling, social inequality, public health, infrastructure, and urban futures. The aim is to identify where climate risks are intensifying, which urban systems may approach critical thresholds, and which pathways may support more equitable transitions.
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Current work links global urban heat screening, climate modeling, infrastructure resilience, tipping-point thinking, future scenarios, and public-facing research communication.
Stage summary
The current research stage brings together climate modeling, social inequality, public health, infrastructure, and urban futures. The goal is not only to identify where climate risk is increasing, but also to understand which urban systems are approaching critical thresholds and which interventions may support more equitable and resilient transitions.
Developing global approaches to identify cities and populations that may be overlooked by conventional area-based heat indicators.
Building comparable urban climate simulations that connect urban form, energy balance, infrastructure, and heat exposure across cities.
Examining how urban systems may approach critical thresholds and how positive interventions, infrastructure pathways, and development scenarios may redirect future outcomes.
Connecting research findings with accessible figures, datasets, interactive explanations, and the Shaping Tomorrow’s Cities platform.
Figures and maps
Current outputs include global urban heat maps, warming-level comparisons, urban climate-model frameworks, infrastructure pathways, and visual explanations of urban tipping points.
Datasets
Current work is organising global city samples, population and heat-exposure data, urban climate-model inputs and outputs, infrastructure indicators, and scenario information. Public documentation will be added as datasets become ready for release.
Notes and updates
Research communication is part of climate action. Models, datasets, figures, and public-facing tools all shape whether evidence can be understood, questioned, and used.
