ABSTRACT
Cities, as home to over half the world’s people, are at the forefront of responding to climate change. Climate extremes exert stress on urban environments through sea-level rise and storm surges affecting infrastructure, heat waves threatening the health of the elderly, the ill, and the very young, and droughts and floods threatening water supplies.1 Though cities are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, they are also uniquely positioned to take a leadership role in responding to its challenges.
