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The Heat Is On: Bjorn Lomborg on the Summer’s Record Heat

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How to Reduce Heatwave Temperatures by 0.3 Degrees by 2050

Most climate policies will only work in 100 years, says John Kerry. London could reduce heatwave temperatures by 18 degrees Fahrenheit if it had more greenery and less black surfaces - but this is just one example. If the US went Net Zero today, which would be mind-bogglingly difficult and expensive... Yes. And terrible in so many ways,. It would reduce temperatures nothing now, and would reduce temperatures by 0.3 degrees by the end of the century. This is if you run in the UN climate panel model. We have no sense of how little ... Well, go with it. Say that again. The one thing we know for sure is that Boris Johnson will no longer

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