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Cities lead the way in climate–change action

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  • Cynthia Rosenzweig

    (Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior research scientist at the Climate Impacts Group, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York 10025, USA. crosenzweig@giss.nasa.gov)

  • William Solecki

    (William Solecki is director of the City University of New York Institute for Sustainable Cities, New York, New York 10065, USA.)

  • Stephen A. Hammer

    (Stephen A. Hammer is executive director of the Energy Smart Cities Initiative for the Joint US–China Collaboration on Clean Energy, Shanghai 200041, China.)

  • Shagun Mehrotra

    (Shagun Mehrotra is managing director of the Climate and Cities facility at the Columbia University Earth Institute, New York, New York 10027, USA.)

Abstract

Scientists should do the research to help mayors prepare for a warming world, say Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer and Shagun Mehrotra.

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  • Cynthia Rosenzweig & William Solecki & Stephen A. Hammer & Shagun Mehrotra, 2010. "Cities lead the way in climate–change action," Nature, Nature, vol. 467(7318), pages 909-911, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:467:y:2010:i:7318:d:10.1038_467909a
    DOI: 10.1038/467909a
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