Transformation is required for cities to fulfil their leadership potential on climate change. Five action pathways can guide them: integrate mitigation and adaptation; coordinate risk reduction and climate adaptation; cogenerate risk information; focus on disadvantaged populations; and improve governance and knowledge networks.
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We thank C. Braneon and S. Goldberg for their research assistance, and the UCCRN Hub Directors S. O’Donoghue (Africa), K. Auty (Australia/Oceania), M. Liu (East Asia), C. Pacteau (Europe), M. Barata (Latin America) and F. Montalto (North America) for their contributions to the Transformation Scorecards. We also thank C. Oke and K. Noble for their input into the Melbourne scorecard and R. Chen for his input into the Shanghai scorecard. We thank our Co-Editors on the UCCRN ARC3.2, P. Romero-Lankao, S. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal and S. Ali Ibrahim, for their sustained commitment to providing the knowledge foundation for cities to respond effectively to climate change. We thank UN-Habitat, UNEP and the IDRC for their support of the ARC3.2 process. We also thank Aalborg University, the AfDB, Columbia University Earth Institute, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ Leipzig, the IDB, JICA, NASA, Siemens and UGEC.
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Rosenzweig, C., Solecki, W. Action pathways for transforming cities. Nature Clim Change 8, 756–759 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0267-x
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