Against the tide: climate change and high-risk cities

This briefing paper adresses the cities and towns rapidly growing population and high vulnerability to the impacts of climate change in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations, which is likely to increase drought, storms, flooding and sea level rise. These in turn put water supplies, infrastructure, health and livelihoods at risk in the very cities already struggling to provide or safeguard such key needs.

The papers asserts that an effective response demands capable local and national government and support from strong international networks in building capacity to cope. Most of the Least Developed Countries lack both.