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Scientists calculate that by 2100, over 400 million people could live in low-lying, at-risk areas — and that's a conservative estimate.

Over the last six months, Canada's National Observer has been looking into what's working and what's failing in cities as they rise to the challenge of tackling climate change. In a 13-part series, we will be taking you across the country, province by province, for a look at how cities are meeting the climate emergency with sustainable solutions. We start with this overview.

Despite acknowledging the dangers neonics, a common class of pesticides, pose, Canada is failing to protect bees and other pollinators, environmentalists say.  

A survey of 800 cities around the world also found almost 43 per cent do not even have plan to adapt to the impacts of global heating.

If the federal government wants to pursue bold climate plans, they can’t do it without cities, and cities can’t do it without more power and fiscal capacity, writes columnist Andrea Reimer.

Canada's cities say the federal Liberals are willing to find creative ways to remove political roadblocks from provinces to fund billions in municipal projects, a sign of hope that comes as they ask Ottawa for more money and new ways to fund local work.

Alberta is blazing a new trail for its red-ink economy with a budget that preserves health and education funding but takes a big stick to cities, civil servants and universities.

While Canada's federal leaders took to the election campaign trail at home, Canadian mayors took to the United Nations to listen, learn and promote best sustainable practices and nature-based solutions in cities.

Canada's cities want all the federal parties to promise to pour billions more into the national government's decade-long housing strategy to make sure that seniors, urban Indigenous people and low-income renters aren't left behind by the tens of billions in already pledged spending.

The architect responsible for the iconic Canadian Museum of History told a crowd in Toronto that urban planners need to reinvent their profession according to the concept of "love and care for all life."

Fifteen transport companies, among them Uber and Lyft, pledge to lead the transition toward a zero-emission future and sustainable cities through more collaboration with local governments.

Cities across Canada are rethinking their park spaces as play changes, replacing teeter-totters, golf courses and baseball diamonds with space for cricket, pickleball and play structures for all ages.

Mayors and experts from all over the world agree that local governments need to partner with citizens to succeed in making cities more sustainable.

Ottawa's mayor warns that Canadian cities are going to need federal and provincial financial support very soon if they are to house 25,000 refugees over the next few months.