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How can we plan cities that are better equipped to handle climate change, protect nature and promote public health? Last week researchers. Last week's PEER webinar brought researchers from across Europe together to discuss this topic.

Cities play a crucial role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. More than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and by 2050 this proportion will have risen to two-thirds. At the same time, cities – and the people who live in them – face many problems caused by urbanization and climate change – such as increased air pollution, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and health problems partly driven by limited access to green spaces.