The Cost of Extreme Heat

New research by the public policy school at the University of California has found that on days when temperatures were between 85 degrees and 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the overall risk of global workplace injuries was five to 7% higher. When temperatures tops 100 degrees Fahrenheit,  the overall risk of injuries was 10 to 15% greater. Then there is the infrastructure degradation, the bulking of the railroads, roads melting, air conditioner units breaking down, power lines breaking down, the destruction of the grid. That's basically everything. So are we saying that investors should be freaking out about everything? Well, no, but a good place to start would be for investors to map how exposed to extreme heat they