It’s Too Damn Hot… So What Can We Do?
Climate One
- Published
- August 21, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 5m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses We all complain about the heat, yet it's a climate threat we routinely underestimate. In the U.S., e…
Summary
We all complain about the heat, yet it's a climate threat we routinely underestimate. In the U.S., extreme heat kills more people each year than floods, fires and hurricanes combined. About 16,000 excess deaths were recorded during Europe's June heatwave – a striking and tragic number. What does extreme heat do to our bodies, our wallets and our cities, a…
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We all complain about the heat, yet it's a climate threat we routinely underestimate. In the U.S., extreme heat kills more people each year than floods, fires and hurricanes combined. About 16,000 excess deaths were recorded during Europe's June heatwave – a striking and tragic number. What does extreme heat do to our bodies, our wallets and our cities, and what can we actually do about it? From creating insurance programs that pay out before the disaster to protecting workers who labor in the h