More than a billion people globally live in informal settlements, or slums. That often means poor-quality homes built in precarious locations, like floodplains or on steep slopes. As climate change drives more intense rains and storms, the UN finds that these are the urban populations most at risk from climate change. The World’s environment correspondent reports from Karachi, Pakistan, on the problem and approaches to solutions.
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