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  The Impact of Urbanization on Climate Change Have you ever realized how urbanization is accelerating climate change? Urbanization is one of the major trends of the modern era as technology advances quickly and population growth accelerates (figure 1). It is undeniable that urbanization allows global economic growth and provides us with more benefits such as a more convenient life with a variety of access to services and more job opportunities, it also significantly harms the environment by contributing to climate change as a trade off. In the following blog, I will be showing the causal relationship between urbanization and climate change, explaining how urbanization related activities including transportation, energy consumption, and waste management are contributing to climate change. Understanding the causes and effects of urbanization on climate change allows us to pinpoint viable solutions and tactics for reducing its effects and building more resilient and sustainable citie...