Cities and Urbanization

Climate change: won or lost in cities or by cities?

Demonstrators march along Whitehall during an Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville - RC1100C3C300

983 jurisdictions have declared a climate emergency following protests by Extinction Rebellion. Image: REUTERS/Toby Melville

Oliver Harman
Cities Economist, International Growth Centre, University of Oxford
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