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Climate planning must prioritize heat adaptation alongside flood protection, McKinsey analysis finds

McKinsey Global Institute: Climate planning has prioritized floods. Heat demands equal attention

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Sylvain Johansson, Mekala Krishnan, Kanmani Chockalingam, Annabel Farr

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FORTUNEMcKinsey Global Institute: Climate planning has prioritized floods. Heat demands equal attentionfortune.com
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Floods got the headlines but heat is quietly growing into a $700 billion problem to be solved — and only 18% of exposed people have AC.

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