2014全球城市报告.pdfVIP

How climate adaptation in cities creates a resilient place for business 207 cities across the globe are taking the lead on climate adaptation, protecting 394,360,000 people from the effects of climate change and creating resilient places to do business. Durban Foreword CDP, C40 and AECOM are companies to understand what impacts cities expect businesses could face from climate change and how greater climate resilience an unprecedented number of makes cities more attractive to business. cities disclosing their climate mitigation, adaptation and water Cities are reducing the climate risks faced by citizens and businesses through investment in management data. In 2014, 207 infrastructure and services and by developing cities reported to CDP, an 88% increase since last year thanks by others. These efforts to understand and reduce climate risks improve the cities’ to a groundbreaking grant from economic competitiveness. The city of Oslo, Bloomberg Philanthropies. for example, reports, “[w]e estimate Oslo is relatively resilient compared with other As a result, the data is clearer than Norwegian cities. This could then make Oslo ever before that cities are leading more attractive for business settlement.” the way on climate change. In 2014, 108 cities reported their