City planners urged to support climate change solutions

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President William Ruto arrives for the second day of the Africa Climate Summit with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (Left) and Cabinet secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Roselinda Soipan Tuiya (Right) at KICC, Nairobi on September 5, 2023. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

Rapidly expanding poorly planned and designed cities are hurting the war on climate change, experts have warned amid sustained rural-urban migration.

Urban areas have become a magnet for millions of people worldwide in search of economic and social opportunities as well as those displaced by harsh climatic conditions such as drought and floods in rural areas.

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