
World / Science & Health | FOCUS Oct 5, 2020
As cities bake on a warming planet, insurers cook up heat wave cover
Longer and hotter heat waves driven by climate change are becoming an increasingly dangerous — and costly — menace.
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Longer and hotter heat waves driven by climate change are becoming an increasingly dangerous — and costly — menace.
Keeping planetary heating in check could help avoid some of the worst predicted impacts of climate change, from wilder weather and sea level rise, scientists say.
Experts warn that people are not seeing rising threats as urgent, leading to a lack of adequate responses.
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In just 30 years, cities around the world will face dramatically higher risks from extreme heat, coastal flooding, power blackouts and shortages of food and water unless climate-changing emissions are curbed, urban researchers warned Tuesday. Today, for instance, over 200 million people in 350 cities ...
As Germany and Spain sweated and London sweltered through its hottest July day on record in the first week of this month, scientists said it is "virtually certain" that climate change is increasing the likelihood of such heat waves in Europe. In real-time data analysis ...