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Climate change is causing global heatwaves - and countries must rapidly adapt

Heatwaves are a clear signal of climate change.

Heatwaves are a clear signal of climate change. Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Bob Ward
Policy and Communications Director , The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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