Cities are increasingly recognized in global development policy agendas as key to sustainable development. However, there is surprisingly little data available to inform the kind of decisions that would make cities more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (Sustainable Development Goal 11).

Background and context of Geyer, B., T. Ludwig, and H. von Storch, 2021: Reproducibility and regional climate models - seeding noise by changing computers and initial conditions. Communications in Earth and Environment, DOI 10.1038/s43247-020-00085-4.