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 18 Oct 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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