National Geographic - USA (2020-04)

Hanoi

Doha,

Qatar

Luxor

Tokyo

Shanghai

Seoul, South Korea

Hong Kong

Ho Chi Minh City

Bangkok,

Thailand

Manila, Philippines

Luanda

Lagos

Delhi

Kolkata

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Istanbul Beijing

Moscow

Paris

London

Cairo

Riyadh

Kinshasa

Baghdad, Tehran Xi’an

Iraq Chengdu

Karachi

Lahore

Jakarta

Kuala

Lumpur

CHINA

JAPAN

MALAYSIA

VIETNAM

INDONESIA

ANGOLA

NIGERIA

INDIA

TURKEY

RUSSIA

FRANCE

U.K.

SUDAN

SAUDI

ARABIA

IRAN

PAK.

D.R.

CONGO

EGYPT

AFRICA

AUSTRALIA

EUROPE ASIA

Lagos,

Nigeria

Kinshasa,

D.R. Congo

Luanda,

Angola

Cairo,

Egypt

Karachi,

Pakistan

Lahore,

Pakistan

Manila, Philippines

Jakarta, Indonesia

Baghdad, Iraq

Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam

Chennai

Bengaluru

Mumbai

Hyderabad

Ahmadabad

Delhi

Surat

Kolkata

Dhaka,

Bangladesh

Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

Bangkok,

Thailand

Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia

Chengdu

Shenzhen

Shanghai

Dongguan

Xi'an

Chongqing

Foshan

Guangzhou

Wuhan

Suzhou

Shenyang

Hangzhou

Nanjing

Beijing

Tianjin

Istanbul, Turkey
Tehran, Iran
Seoul, S. Korea Hong Kong

Nagoya

Osaka

To k y o

Japan China

India

Asia Africa

Safe havens

The most resilient cities are

in countries that have less

extreme climates and greater

capacity to adapt, such as the

U.K. and the Netherlands.

Out of this world

There are 67 cities that have

no future analog. Their

climate in 2070 is projected

to be unprecedented—unlike

any place on Earth today.

Diseases will spread

Before 1970, severe mosquito-

borne dengue epidemics had

occurred in only nine coun-

tries. The disease is found in

over 125 countries today.

SOURCE: VERISK MAPLECROFT

Low incomes, big danger

Richer cities can absorb

growing populations more

easily than poorer ones,

which are less able to cope

with demands on infrastruc-

ture and services.

Africa’s challenge

Africa has some of the

fastest growing cities in

the world; two-thirds of

them are facing extreme

risk from climate change.

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