(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) By 2030, over a billion people will live in approximately 100 very large cities and 60 % of the world's population will live in urban areas. Sustainable water management is particularly challenging in these large urban centres, or megacities*, which are exposed to extreme risks in terms of the negative impacts of climate change on water and sanitation infrastructure and services. A new publication, launched during the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, draws portrait of 15 emblematic megacities**, their unique circumstances and how they are addressing shared water governance...
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