Cities are turning climate adaptation into investable projects
Cities are the front line of the climate crisis, yet urban adaptation remains dangerously underfunded. As Mark Watts, executive director of C40 Cities, argues, we must shift the narrative: by structuring projects for value creation, cities can transform necessary climate resilience into a compelling, investable proposition for private capital.
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