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Location, location, location: When does hot become too hot?

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The incremental increases in global average temperatures don’t sound like much, but they translate into increasingly difficult living conditions in some areas: Outdoor activity entails greater, sometimes deadly, health risks. Nature — fires, floods, and storms — becomes more destructive.

Adapting to climate change invariably includes policies that address climate migration.

Inside Climate News: How a Summer of Disasters Shows the US Isn’t Prepared for Climate Migration

The Washington Post: As temperatures rise, industries fight heat safeguards for workers

CNBC: As climate change threatens more homes, some properties are getting too costly to insure

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