Democratic backsliding hindering climate resilience of Asian cities: UNDP governance advisor

Published on November 5, 2024

Experts at the Cities: Possibilities 2024 forum say the key barriers to building better cities are not money or the lack of technical solutions, but political cycles that reward short-termism.

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