Mitigate climate risks, build resilience, UN chief says in message celebrating world’s cities

Although sea level rise could put more than 800 million people in coastal cities at direct risk by 2050, less than 10 per cent of climate finance for urban areas goes to adaptation and resilience, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. 

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