Africa: Here Are Three Ways That Cities Can Adapt to Changing Climates

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Cape Town's "Day Zero" experience - the prospect of dam levels dropping dangerously low, taps running dry and water rations being distributed from public collection points - speaks powerfully to the urgency and complexity of climate change adaptation.

The recent arrival of the South African city's winter rains mean that dam levels have begun rising again and it's dodged the introduction of wholesale water rationing. For now.

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