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365 Days of Climate Awareness 333 – AR6 Vol. 2, Chap. 6: Cities, Settlements and Infrastructure [1]
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Date: 2022-07-12
Responses at the national and citywide level have varied tremendously around the globe, for a number of reasons. First among them is money, available capital for mitigation projects such as seawalls and aqueducts (where groundwater withdrawal is causing widespread subsidence, as in Jakarta). Second is awareness and political will. In many developing countries, the governments lack resources or are corrupt or unstable enough, with severely divided populaces, such as in Nigeria, to effectively address climate change problems (such as flooding in Lagos). In many respects climate change has remained a developed-world problem, both in its causes and mitigation methods, even though developing nations, generally in more environmentally vulnerable locations, are disproportionately feeling the effects.
In the developing world, urban expansion has been at the center of national development strategies. As these countries around the world have looked to emulate the economies of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) nations, they have aggressively sought to expand coastal cities especially. Meanwhile urban planning has not often included the most recent, and decidedly more expensive, innovations in water and energy use. This has led to the growth of huge coastal cities around the world with even larger environmental impacts, through groundwater uptake and greenhouse gas emissions, than would have happened with more environmentally conscious planning.
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Source:
IPCC 6th Assessment Report, Vol. 2, Chap. 6
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