New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change

New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change

Cities, which are home to half of the world’s population, are on the front lines of climate change. Extreme temperatures, storms, and floods have a higher impact in crowded urban areas. And cities in emerging economies will bear an even greater bur...

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Main Authors: Miller, Alan, Swann, Stacy
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE DEPARTURE DATE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440711477473511591/New-ways-for-cities-to-tackle-climate-change
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spelling okr-10986-303382021-05-25T10:54:41Z New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change Miller, Alan Swann, Stacy INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE DEPARTURE DATE Cities, which are home to half of the world’s population, are on the front lines of climate change. Extreme temperatures, storms, and floods have a higher impact in crowded urban areas. And cities in emerging economies will bear an even greater burden of climate change threats. Given their vulnerability, as well as their ability to affect change, cities will be key players in shaping efforts to lessen the impact of climate change. Now a number of new initiatives are helping urban leaders better assess and respond to climate risks. 2018-09-05T17:21:10Z 2018-09-05T17:21:10Z 2016-09 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440711477473511591/New-ways-for-cities-to-tackle-climate-change http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30338 English EMCompass,no. 12; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE DEPARTURE DATE
spellingShingle INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
CLIMATE RISK
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE DEPARTURE DATE
Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
relation EMCompass,no. 12;
description Cities, which are home to half of the world’s population, are on the front lines of climate change. Extreme temperatures, storms, and floods have a higher impact in crowded urban areas. And cities in emerging economies will bear an even greater burden of climate change threats. Given their vulnerability, as well as their ability to affect change, cities will be key players in shaping efforts to lessen the impact of climate change. Now a number of new initiatives are helping urban leaders better assess and respond to climate risks.
format Brief
author Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_facet Miller, Alan
Swann, Stacy
author_sort Miller, Alan
title New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
title_short New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
title_full New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
title_fullStr New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
title_full_unstemmed New Ways for Cities to Tackle Climate Change
title_sort new ways for cities to tackle climate change
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/440711477473511591/New-ways-for-cities-to-tackle-climate-change
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