Our international affairs are still being determined by nation-states, however, the imbalance between cities and nation-states is no longer acceptable.
Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.
Climate change, economic inequality, and political unrest are making some of the world's fastest-growing cities dangerously unstable. But even the most fragile places are fixable.
Millions have fled El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, and it’s not surprising, 43 of the 50 most homicidal cities are located in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Cities are the primary reception point for migrants and refugees, and also the potential antidote to the reactionary nationalism that threatens to close borders.
