Cities are driving the human-caused climate change that threatens the global environment, but also offer hope.
That is the overriding message of a chapter devoted to cities in a major U.N. report on climate change released on Monday, providing city planners around the world guideposts aimed at avoiding climate catastrophe.
Cities, particularly the small and medium-sized cities of Asia and Africa that will see the most growth this century, offer the opportunity reduce reliance on automobiles, employ environmentally friendly building materials, and capture stormwater runoff, according to the report's experts. "The 21st century will be the urban century, defined by a massive increase in global urban populations," the report said, noting that 55% of the world's population lived in urban areas as of 2018, a figure expected to jump to 68% by 2050.
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