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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
Cities, India’s Urban Transformation, and Global Networks
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The United Nations estimates that India will experience the largest rural-to-urban population shift of the twenty-first century as more than 400 million Indians are projected to relocate to cities. This urban transition, with its many implications for how the world’s largest democracy interacts with the world, forms the subject of my new book project, Bright Lights, Biggest Cities: The Urban Challenge to India’s Future, as well as related blog posts and articles. The urbanization story is of increasing importance not only for India, but for understanding changing patterns of global interaction. In fact, more than half of humanity now lives in cities, with the number expected to reach two-thirds by 2050. One result has been cities creating their own place at the negotiating table on global issues ranging from climate change to homeland security to migration. My work maps these developments and provides recommendations for U.S. foreign policymakers seeking to understand new global city networks.
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State and Local Governments (U.S.)
As the world rapidly grows more urban, city leaders are turning to a new form of voluntary, locally oriented diplomacy to coordinate with their global peers on sustainable development, infrastructure, public safety, and climate change concerns. -
State and Local Governments (U.S.)
An office within the State Department should facilitate and provide advisory support to international trade delegations, sister-city linkages, and networks being pursued by American cities and states.