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Urban areas are in trouble. Climate change – through more severe and frequent floods, droughts and heat waves – is endangering human life in towns and cities. And the problem is getting worse.
Quality of life in urban areas is already compromised by air, water and noise pollution. However, climate change threatens the services essential to urban living. Moreover, on current urban population growth trends, the impacts of climate change can only get worse. More than half of the world’s population – around 54 % – already live in urban areas and by 2050, the global urban population is expected to reach 6.4 billion. This population growth will test the already stretched water, food and energy resources that cities depend upon, to breaking point.

The dual challenge – Adapting to Climate Change and Urbanization: A focus on London

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