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Extreme heat damages global infrastructure, costing trillions

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Extreme heat events, exacerbated by human-induced climate change, are causing significant and costly damage to critical infrastructure such as roads and railways. While often overshadowed by other global events, the cumulative cost of repairing and reinforcing this infrastructure could reach trillions of dollars. Both Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are facing substantial challenges in adapting their infrastructure to withstand increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves. AI

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Extreme heat damages global infrastructure, costing trillions

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Anthony Rowley ·

    Who pays when overheated roads melt and rails buckle?

    Heatwaves come and go, and while this is happening with increasing frequency and intensity – as this year’s record-breaking temperatures show – they slip from attention once things cool off. What does not disappear is the lasting and costly damage they do to the basic infrastruct…

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