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Plan to plant a million trees over the next decade shines spotlight on their unique cooling abilities

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Climate change and urbanisation are causing temperatures to soar higher and higher.
Singapore, however, has got a solution to cool its outdoor spaces - and it is far from the caricature of building an air-conditioned dome over the island.
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