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The UN predicts that by 2050 nearly 70 per cent of the world鈥檚 population will live in cities.

Many of these urban areas are expected to be affected by climate change in one way or another.

Lauren Sorkin of the Resilient Cities Network spoke to Newshour's Razia Iqbal about what needs to be done to make cities more resilient in the face of climate change and what should come out of the UN's climate change conference in Glasgow in the coming weeks to achieve this.

(Picture shows a steam pipe in the New York City Financial District. Credit: Reuters)