The City Facing Climate Change: Which City for Tomorrow?
Abstract:
Summary: Reflection on the theme of the city of tomorrow is justified by the importance and speed of the profound changes that the world is experiencing such as the globalization of economies, the demographic explosion or cli mate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (GEIC, 2020), climate change consti tutes an existential challenge for all of humanity. Caused by human activity, global warming has unfortunate consequences on humans and the ecosystem. The city is responsible for climate disruption through the Emission of Greenhouse Gas (GHG), it is also very impacted by the effects of the climate crisis: the excessive rise in urban heat and the rise in ocean levels which can lead to the total or partial marine submergence of coastal cities, are the main threats to urban territories. To adapt to this worrying climate change and mitigate its effects, States must make sustainable cities the lever of strategies to combat global warming. This means that integrating the requirements of climate change into urban ization policies is more of a necessity than a choice to build the city of tomorrow that is sustainable and resilient. However, the realization of the sustainable city project is limited by economic, institutional and political con straints. Review ways of thinking and acting on the question of urban planning at all levels of governance from local to global on the one hand and the reduction of social and spatial inequalities between and intra-nations on the other hand.
