Melbourne, Australia, offers a civic parable: a city that doubled its urban tree canopy to preemptively adapt to extreme heat. They didn’t just plant more trees—they redesigned their protocols: how they identified, protected, and stewarded urban forests. And they did so through visionary municipal leadership, supported by policy integration, data systems, and public affection. Their 2012 Urban Forest Strategy aimed to increase canopy from 22% to 40% by 2040, reduce urban heat, increase biodiv...