Five ways city living will have to adapt to climate change

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Climate science suggests we will suffer more extreme heatwaves in future, so how will our daily lives need to change to cope, asks Hubbub's Trewin Restorick

The summer of 2018 was the UK's joint hottest on record. If scientific predictions prove accurate high temperatures will become the norm with more extreme heatwaves expected in future. But how will our...

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