Let’s make the World’s Cities a little Greener

Jennifer Lenhart, Global Lead, WWF Cities and Marcus Mayr, Programme Management Officer, UN-Habitat

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Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in cities, and this number is set to increase to 68% by 2050, which represents an additional 2.5 billion people (UN, 2018) and urban populations are expected to almost double from 3.5 billion today to 6.7 billion by 2050. Cities are the hubs…