Cities can defend us against climate change

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Presidents and prime ministers may have stopped talking about climate change, but mayors are determined to deliver a prosperous low-carbon future, argues C40 Cities' Mark Watts

In December 2015, 174 nations signed the Paris climate agreement to stop pumping carbon into our atmosphere. Eighteen months later, to international condemnation, President Trump announced the United States'...

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