Resilient Housing For All: A Must In The Face Of Climate Change

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resilient housing for all a must in the face of climate change

By Ariana Karamallis

Most people live in cities and the worlds urban population is projected to increase by another 2.5 billion people by 2050.

Nearly half of urban residents roughly a billion people are living in slums and informal settlements.

These communities, despite contributing the least to climate change, are, in fact, the most severely affected.

The impacts of climate change are becoming more severe daily, with disasters such as strong winds, heavy rains, and floods leaving 14 million people homeless every year.