I've been preparing for climate change for 10+ years now. Every year my wife and I work on greening our yard naturally (we don't live in a desert), as well as adding exterior blinds, etc. All to create as much shade as possible during the day, which brings down temperatures at night. Through this we've been able to put off putting in A/C (which we don't want for several reasons). We've brought down the ambient temperature about 5°C so far, and we hope in the next 5-10 years to get another 5-10°C drop through pergolas and continued greening.