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S A N F R A NCISCO, US A EDMON T ON & C A L G A R Y, C A N A DA S ÃO PAUL O, BR A Z IL T he 2 1 million Br azilians li v ing in São Paulo ha ve enjoyed a r apid bu t f r agile economic gr ow th in r ecen t year s, and thus may s tr uggle t o addr ess clima te thr ea t s like dr ough t and ex tr eme hea t . Clima te change appear s t o be high on the pr ior i t y lis t f or Ci t y leader s though, in tr oducing the Clima te Change Pr e ven tion Pr ogr am as ear ly as 1995 , f ollowed in 2009 w i th an upda ted Clima te Change Policy. São Paulo is also a member o f the Ci ties f or Clima te Pr o tec tion Campaign and C 4 0. E dmon t on and Calgar y, w i th r oughly a million r esiden t s each, si t in the weal thies t pr ov ince in Canada. Bo th ci ties ar e pr one t o f looding, being si tua ted on the shor es o f major r i ver s, as Calgar y ex per ienced in 20 13. Clima te change w ill ele va te the his t or ic pr opensi t y o f this Canadian Pr air ie pr ov ince t o ex per ience ex tr eme wea ther, and dr ough t is a concer n. Bo th ci ties ha ve been mak ing concer ted e f f or t s t o de velop e f f ec ti ve adap t a tion planning. San Fr ancisco is a ci t y o f 860,000 weal thy and highly educa ted inhabi- t an t s, w ho ha ve become accus t omed t o li v ing w i th the r isk o f hazar d, in the f or m o f ear thquakes. T he thr ea t o f sea le vel r ise and s t or m sur ges t o some o f the mos t ex pensi ve r eal es t a te in the wor ld, howe ver, is ano ther hazar d en tir ely. T he r ecen t launch o f the Resilience Plan San Fr ancisco sugges t s ci t y leader s ar e well a war e o f the r isks.