This article is contributed by Jovin Hurry, who is reporting from Paris. A climate resilient society and economy is essential to secure hard-won development gains and to ensure that future investment is not lost to climate change. A resilient society and economy suffers little and recovers more quickly from natural…
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Cities and climate change: Mobilising investment in low-emission, climate-resilient urban infrastructure
This article is contributed by Jovin Hurry, who is reporting from Paris. Urban areas account for over 70% of energy-related CO2 emissions and the world’s cities produce almost half (37-49%) of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hence, climate action in cities is…
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