It's a good thing that cities aspire to lead the way in acting on climate change in the absence of stronger national action. But a closer look reveals the limitations of current city-based efforts.
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International problems and local policies are integrally interwoven, whether the nationalists in Washington like it or not.
Talk of adapting to climate change is less polarizing to conservatives than the idea of slashing emissions.
Future population growth is expected to take place almost entirely in cities. We won't fight climate change without them.
Lee: 'Business will be far from usual in a world of four, five or six degrees of warming.'
Green and cool (reflective) roofs are effective tools for cooling overheated cities. Research in Chicago shows that their impacts depend on local conditions, so planners should site them carefully.
Despite the fanfare of signing the Paris Agreement on climate, little progress has been made on compensating poor countries for irreparable damages from climate change.
The Paris Agreement marks an important step towards climate change mitigation – one in which developed and developing countries alike take action.
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Associate Professor, Asian Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, St Petersburg State University
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Professor, School of Policy Studies, Rikkyo University
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Professor of Environment and Development, University of Reading
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Professor of Management, University of Virginia
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Specially Appointed Professor, Center for the Study of Co*Design, Osaka University
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Professeur émérite, Université Grenoble Alpes
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, CERIC, UMR DICE (CNRS et Aix-Marseille Université), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Professor and Director of the Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town
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Co-Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of International Service, American University School of International Service
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Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
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Researcher in Ecology, Federal University of Pará
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Deputy Director, Independent University, Bangladesh
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Professor of Economics, Sylff-JU Project Director, Coordinator Global Change Programme-JU, Jadavpur University
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Assistant Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia
