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By Peter Yeung, Michael Schaper, head of Hamburg’s storm surge security team, gestures to a road that passes over a nearby bridge and across the harbourside HafenCity district. “Do you see how it gradually rises?” he says. “The fact that the street level is just a few meters higher over there means it will be flood-protected for the next century.”

In his message for World Cities Day on Sunday, the UN chief called for renewed resolve to confront urban challenges, mitigate risks and forge lasting solutions. The theme this year focuses on ‘Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience’.

Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has asked Malawians to consider walking and cycling to work. The Veep made the remarks yesterday during the 2021

Although sea level rise could put more than 800 million people in coastal cities at direct risk by 2050, less than 10 per cent of climate finance for

Leonardia: World Cities Day celebration centers on climate resilience

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono has said the government has prepared a flood-resilient city program focused on increasing river capacity ...

The Federal Government will join the global community and the UN-Habitat to mark this year’s Global Observance of World Cities Day (WCD) on Sunday.

Addressing a meeting of Mayors convened by C40 cities on 16 April 2021, the UN Secretary-General said: “Cities are also on the frontlines of the climate crisis. More than half a billion urban residents already face rising sea levels and more frequent or severe storms. By mid-century more than 3.3 billion urban residents could be at risk from severe climate impacts. Cities also have an outsize carbon footprint. With just over half the global population, they emit more than 70% of global ...

English News and Press Release on World about Climate Change and Environment; published on 12 Aug 2021 by UN-HABITAT