Tackling environmental challenges with the help of a 100 city network

sharonang via [[https://pixabay.com/en/helicopter-ride-flight-exciting-1218956/ pixabay]]</span>As Cape Town continues to experience the worst drought on record in South Africa, the city has the opportunity to implement solutions that will not only address this acute environmental shock but also strengthen the fabric of the city overall. The city has less than 10% of its useable water remaining for all of its nearly four million residents, representing one of the lowest conversion ratios in the world of rainfall to surface water. With population growth and economic development placing even greater pressures on all city systems, the need for these types of interventions that account for the interrelationships of the urban ecosystem becomes increasingly urgent.