Climate planning has prioritized floods. Heat demands equal attention
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere has gotten off to a very hot start. Europe has baked under record-breaking temperatures, while a “heat dome” blankets much of the United States. Many countries have reported heat-related deaths, roads melted in Germany, and utilities in the United States are asking customers to set their air conditioning at higher temperatures and adding crews to cope with outages as demand for cooling soared, write Sylvain Johansson, Mekala Krishnan, Kanmani Chockalingam, and A
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Summer in the Northern Hemisphere has gotten off to a very hot start. Europe has baked under record-breaking temperatures, while a “heat dome” blankets much of the United States. Many countries have reported heat-related deaths, roads melted in Germany, and utilities in the United States are asking customers to set their air conditioning at higher temperatures and adding crews to cope with outages as demand for cooling soared, write Sylvain Johansson, Mekala Krishnan, Kanmani Chockalingam, and Annabel Farr in Fortune.
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