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Climate Change Projected to Cause More AC Adoption for the Wealthy and Shorter Lives for the Poor

Climate change’s unequal impacts highlight the urgent need to discover innovative adaptation strategies in today’s poor and hot countries.
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Climate Change Projected to Cause 10 Times More People to Die in Poor Countries Than Rich Ones

A new report on the impact of rising temperatures on mortality underscores the need for targeted investments to save lives.
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New Tool Highlights Climate Adaptation Policies as Models

The Adaptation Inventory highlights policies and programs that have been shown to reduce climate impacts and improve resiliency in communities around the world.
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Adaptation Inventory

The Lab’s Adaptation Inventory highlights policies and programs that have been shown to reduce climate impacts and improve resiliency in communities around the world.
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Adaptation Roadmap Series

This series addresses the urgent need to embrace adaptation as a central part of the strategy to confront climate change, alongside greenhouse gas emissions mitigation.

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Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation

Nature / June 18, 2025
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Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

The Quarterly Journal of Economics / November 1, 2022
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Estimating a Social Cost of Carbon for Global Energy Consumption

Nature / October 13, 2021

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Climate Change Projected to Cause More AC Adoption for the Wealthy and Shorter Lives for the Poor

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A Postcard from the Future: Extreme Heat Will Lead to More Deaths, Underscoring the Need to Adapt

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Heatwave Intensity, Frequency and Hotspot Extent Have Increased in India Over the Last 26 Years: Study

The Wire / April 19, 2026
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Adaptation roadmap: When heat becomes death sentence for the poor

PUNCH / April 23, 2026
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Nigeria Faces Climate Health Risk

Global TV Nigeria / May 4, 2026
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Climate change affects the mortality rate of poor nations

Radio France Internationale / April 5, 2026
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Poor Countries Could Suffer 90% of all Heat-Related Deaths By 2050

Time / March 25, 2026
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Heat caused by climate change is expected to cause ten times more deaths in poor countries than in rich countries by 2050

Le Monde / March 25, 2026
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Future Heat Danger Differs Starkly for Rich and Poor Countries

Bloomberg / March 25, 2026
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Climate Change is Projected to Cause Ten Times More People to Die in Poor Countries Than Rich Countries

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Climate group hires ex-Biden aide as executive director

E&E News / March 16, 2026
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Climate Impact Lab Announces New Leadership, Expanded Mission

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Climate Science

The Climate Impact Lab is developing highly-resolved climate projection frameworks capable of producing both the detail and the likelihood assessments needed for quantitative assessment of future climate risk.

Social Cost of Carbon

The Social Cost of Carbon is an essential tool for incorporating the cost of climate change in policy-making, corporate planning and investment decision-making in the US and around the world.

Health

While it is difficult to tie particular natural disasters to climate change, heat waves are the events scientists can most easily and robustly attribute to man-made changes in the atmosphere.

Agriculture

Extremes in local and regional weather patterns and climate variability have disrupted agricultural production in the past; climate-related changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to affect crop yields in many regions of the world.

Labor

Rising average temperatures, greater temperature variability, and more frequent and severe temperature extremes will make it harder to sustain optimal working conditions for outdoor and indoor labor.

Energy

Energy systems as currently designed are poorly prepared for future climatic changes. Rising temperatures, increased competition for water supply, and elevated storm surge risk will affect the cost and reliability of energy supply.

Coastal

Coastal living carries risk as hurricanes and other coastal storms inflict trillions in property and infrastructure damage each year. Climate change will only elevate these risks.

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