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Cities Can’t Combat Climate Change Alone [1]

By 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Cities consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy and are responsible for 70 percent of global CO2 emissions.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2011
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Climate Change [3], Carbon Dioxide [4], Climate Impacts [5], Green House Gases [6], Sea Level Rise [7]
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