Call for experts: Assessment of innovative adaptation technologies in cities

Uruguay faces increasing climate threats, including higher temperatures, stronger winds and rainfall, and rising sea levels, with models projecting these trends to intensify by century’s end. Urban areas are especially vulnerable: heatwaves and urban heat islands affect public health and drive up energy use, while wind patterns influence local ventilation and heat dispersion. Although the National Adaptation Plan for Cities (PNA-Ciudades, 2021) advanced understanding of these dynamics, there remain critical gaps in high-resolution temperature and wind data needed to inform effective, evidence-based urban adaptation strategies.