African cities aren’t doing enough to adapt to climate change: lessons from Durban and Harare

African cities aren’t doing enough to adapt to climate change: lessons from Durban and Harare

When record-breaking rains swept through the coastal city of Durban in South Africa in April 2022, the resulting floods destroyed roads, bridges and homes. Durban’s low-lying, poor neighbourhoods were hardest hit, with residents losing their homes and their lives. The scene would have felt familiar to residents of many other of Africa’s fast-growing cities. Some, including Lagos, Cairo, Cape Town and Durban, have already faced the need to adapt …