City officials around the world, often pushed by residents, are working out what they would need to do to accommodate climate change. Sea-level rise is perhaps the most obvious threat.
Wealth and size do not correlate with the effort, however. A report from MIT and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability says Latin American cities are doing the most planning, followed by Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and Africa. Well behind are Asia and the U.S.
