MedellínRobledo’s 200,000 residents have almost no shade trees.
Medellín’s $16 million of roadside trees has not reached all 4 million metro-area residents.
Green Corridors greened 18 roads and 12 waterways since 2016, but Robledo grew through informal building, with few trees.
Experts warn that much more needs doing in the areas where the most vulnerable people live and work.
How each outlet framed it
- Dialogue Earth leans favorable
- documents Medellín's 18-year tree-planting strategy (880,000 target) using endemic species selected for urban cooling as adaptation
Sources: Dialogue Earth