In Depth
Climate Change Is Putting Swelling Cities at Risk
A warming world is putting Bangladesh, Niger, Pakistan and other countries more at risk for extreme weather.
Residents of JJ Cluster Vivekanand Colony in the Chanakyapuri neighborhood of New Delhi fill up water from a tanker.
Photographer: Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
Weather events exacerbated by climate change will threaten many places in the coming years, and many of these locations are also projected to gain a lot of new inhabitants. In the world’s largest cities, governments will have to do more to protect the millions of people in danger from a hot planet.