A new global campaign from the United Nations, launched ahead of COP26, is highlighting the urgent need to focus on climate resilience action. Cities Race to Resilience launched in July 2021 and is all about the importance of prioritising people and nature as cities all over the world strive to become resilient in the face of increasing climate extremes. One of the campaign’s goals is to get 1,000 cities involved; the first that signed up to the race was Makati in the Philippines, an urban centre in the Metro Manila region.
This campaign is running alongside the Race to Zero initiative, which launched in January 2021 and has 733 cities currently signed up. The hope is that the two campaigns working together will ensure the greater resilience of approximately four billion people and ensure emissions reduction goals are met by 2030.
• Integrating climate change adaptation...