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City transformations in a 1.5 °C warmer world

  • William Solecki
  • , Cynthia Rosenzweig
  • , Shobhakar Dhakal
  • , Debra Roberts
  • , Aliyu Salisu Barau
  • , Seth Schultz
  • , DIana Ürge-Vorsatz
  • City University of New York
  • NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  • Asian Institute of Technology
  • eThekwini Municipality
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Bayero University
  • C40 Cities

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

Meeting the ambitions of the Paris Agreement will require rapid and massive decarbonization of cities, as well as adaptation. Capacity and requirement differs across cities, with challenges and opportunities for transformational action in both the Global North and South.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-181
Number of pages5
JournalNature Climate Change
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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