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Extreme heat is deadly, but inequality is deadlier

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 by Grantham Institute
Man covering his head with a small towel to protect it from the sun.

As we enter the hottest months of the year, Cynthia Wang discusses the impact of extreme heat on vulnerable populations…

Posted in UncategorizedTagged #featured, city, climate change, extreme heat, Extreme weather, green and blue spaces, heat, heatwave, Inequality, temperature rise, urban, vulnerable populationsLeave a Comment on Extreme heat is deadly, but inequality is deadlier

Summer temperatures 2018 – the ‘new normal’?

Posted on July 27, 2018December 11, 2018 by Grantham Institute
Hyde Park, with parched ground and people sunbathing

There can be no doubt that the summer of 2018 has been remarkable both in the UK and across the…

Posted in Extreme weatherTagged climate change, Climate Science, extreme heat, Extreme weather, heat, heatwave, Met Office, temperature, temperature riseLeave a Comment on Summer temperatures 2018 – the ‘new normal’?

Feeling the heat? So is our economy!

Posted on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 by Grantham Institute
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Tarek Cheaib, former student on the Grantham Institute and Imperial College Business School MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance,…

Posted in Extreme weather, Health, Impacts & adaptation, Student blogsTagged economic growth, economy, extreme heat, Extreme weather, heat, heatwave, MSc, productivity, temperature riseLeave a Comment on Feeling the heat? So is our economy!
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