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Plus over half of all the urban abatement potential is in small cities (<750,000 people), which often lack the power & capacities to take climate action.
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✅ Compact
✅ Connected
✅ Clean
A zero-carbon city would not only be more sustainable, but more liveable with cleaner air, safer streets and more comfortable homes.
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820 million people live less than 10 metres above sea level, and nearly 90% of those people lived in urban centres or quasi-urban clusters.
In other words - sea-level rise is primarily an urban threat.
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