Future of the Environment

Africa’s fastest-growing cities are the most vulnerable to climate change globally

A woman carries her child as she arrives at a polling station before the opening of the voting process during the presidential and parliamentary election in Temeke district of Dar es Salaam, October 25, 2015. Tanzanians voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary polls in which the ruling party is expected to fend off rivals led by former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, who has tapped into mounting anger over corruption and the slow pace of change. REUTERS/Drazen Jorgic - GF20000031743

At least 79 of the world's fastest growing cities are at risk. Image: REUTERS/Drazen Jorgic

Abdi Latif Dahir
Editorial Intern, Quartz Africa
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