Meet the luminary among the conifers - Summer in the City: Heat adaptation through green infrastructure

Summer in the city increasingly brings with it extreme heat stress, which can impact health, quality of life, and infrastructure. Green infrastructure—such as parks, green roofs, facades, and urban trees—offers an effective way to adapt to heat by improving the microclimate, providing shade, and cooling through evaporation. Such measures not only contribute to lowering temperatures but also promote biodiversity and quality of life in urban areas. Targeted planning and integration of green elements thus becomes a central component of climate-friendly urban development.

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How can this be implemented in Dresden? And where are there already successful examples? You can explore these and other questions with Prof. Dr. Matthias Mauder on July 20, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Botanical Garden. On this day, he will be a guest speaker under the conifer tree, with the topic "Summer in the City: Heat Adaptation through Green Infrastructure." Further information about the event and all dates of this year's event series "Meet the luminary under the conifer" can be found  hier.