INTRODUCTION The effects of the climate emergency on cities have emphasized the influence of the built environment on the way people experience extreme temperatures. The Green New Deal has highlighted these consequences, utilizing evidence from the “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC” and the “November 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment report:” “Global warming at or above 2 degrees Celsius beyond preindustrialized levels will cause [...] more than 350,000,000 more people to be exposed globally to deadly heat stress by 2050.” (1) Extreme heat is not evenly distributed in cities, since this phenomenon is heavily influenced by urban design, population density, and access to social infrastructure. In this sense, what the Green New Deal defined as systemic injustices (2) can also affect the creation of Urban Heat Islands (UHI), (3) since there is a close relationship between places with higher temperature and vulnerability. (4)
ees Celsius beyond more than 350 000 000 more people at stress by 2050.” 3
