A community-driven initiative is amassing data on urban form and function to help cities worldwide to develop their own heat-adaptation plans (see Nature 524 , 402–404; 2015 ). It is called the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT; www.wudapt.org ).
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