How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The question seemed reasonable enough: what heat adaptation interventions were already working in Africa’s low-income communities? Lara Dugas, an epidemiologist, and climate scientist Mark New had received funding from the Wellcome Trust’s HeatNexus initiative to evaluate what was in place. When they went looking, they found nothing. “The initial […] The post How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.