{
  "id": 13968902,
  "title": "BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave 2026 Report Calls For Cooler Cities, Green Infrastructure And Heat-Resilient Urban Planning In Mumbai",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/brics-friendship-cities-conclave-2026-report-calls-for-cooler-cities",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T13:15:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/brics-friendship-cities-conclave-2026-report-calls-for-cooler-cities-green-infrastructure-and-heat-resilient-urban-planning-in-mumbai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's leadership recognizes the pressing need to address the growing threat of heat in urban environments as a priority for economic productivity. The BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave 2026, held in Mumbai, presented a Summary Report outlining essential recommendations for creating cooler cities, improving green infrastructure, and implementing heat-resilient urban planning. Key suggestions include treating heat as a cost to productivity and energy consumption, expanding green cover with trees, green corridors, lakes, and urban forests, designing buildings with thermal efficiency in mind, and enhancing heat preparedness through data-driven planning and early-warning systems. These actions aim to reduce temperatures, improve energy efficiency, and promote sustainable urban development.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: Treating cooling as a priority for economic productivity and recognising heat as a cost to productivity and energy consumption are among the key recommendations of the Summary Report of the BRICS Friendship Cities Conclave 2026, presented to Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on October 8. BRICS Cities Discuss Urban Challenges Held in Mumbai in August, the conclave sought to strengthen…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}