[UNLOCKED] James Meadway on the economic costs of heatwaves

Politics Theory Other by Politics Theory Other

Aug 27, 202600:31:40News & Politics

James Meadway joins PTO to discuss the report he recently authored for the Verdant think tank on the economic costs of the recent UK heatwaves. We talked about how the extreme weather hit productivity right across the ec...

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