What is the more ethically-minded decision to make?

[JaapDaniels]

That's the point.
You're making an already hot area (not the inside of your house, the general area around your neighborhood) hotter by using A/C.
But there's really no way around it, we either use it or leave.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/30/fact-check-is-air-conditioning-making-cities-hotter

What is euronews, fact check with no reference https://www.euronews.com/about saying leading while i live there for all my life i never even heard of it.
Since i can't check the fact claims and i never heard about the site, name or the writer... I say doubt.