Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda (Vol. 2 of 2) : Cities and the urgent challenges of climate change : introduction (English)

The fifth urban research symposium on cities and climate change responding to an urgent agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Cities consume much of the world's energy, and thus produce much of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Yet cities, to varying extents, are also vulnerable to climate change impacts, with poor populations...

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Hoornweg,Daniel A.;

Freire, Mila;

Lee,Marcus John Jin Sarn;

Bhada-Tata, Perinaz;

Yuen,Kwai Peng Belinda;
Document Date
2012/01/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
62696
Volume No
2
Total Volume(s)
2 (See all volumes)
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2012/07/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Cities and the urgent challenges of climate change : introduction
Keywords
economics of adaptation to climate change

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Hoornweg,Daniel A.; Freire, Mila; Lee,Marcus John Jin Sarn; Bhada-Tata, Perinaz; Yuen,Kwai Peng Belinda.

Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda (Vol. 2 of 2) : Cities and the urgent challenges of climate change : introduction (English). Urban development series Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/321111468182335037

Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda (Vol. 2 of 2) : Cities and the urgent challenges of climate change : introduction (English)

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