Climate Change: Floods and Drought

How cities cope with climate-caused floods and drought.

Many of the world’s biggest cities are facing too much or too little water. Regional solutions are helping vulnerable communities become more resilient.

Urban areas, which are home to more than half of the 8 billion people on the planet, are known to be heating faster than rural regions. They are also, according to new research by the international charity WaterAid, particularly at risk from water-related natural disasters.

The study examines more than 100 major cities where climate patterns have dramatically changed over the past four decades. And in unexpected ways.

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