Environment · data story

Cooling the city

Tree canopy and green cover do not fall evenly across the neighbourhoods most vulnerable to heat.

The evidence

What the current releases show

Updated 1 Aug 2026

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Tree canopy · 2024

Highest published value in this view

58.1%

Hampstead Town

London median: 16%

GLA 2024 tree-canopy cover across current wards.

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02

Heat vulnerability · 2024

Highest published value in this view

52 risk score

Enfield 030D

London median: 37 risk score

The GLA’s relative neighbourhood heat-risk measure.

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03

Modelled NO₂ · 2022

Highest published value in this view

38 µg/m³

500 m cell 1017, 352

London median: 19.9 µg/m³

LAEI annual mean nitrogen dioxide on the shared 500 m grid.

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