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Increased risk of extreme heat to European roads and railways with global warming

… and railway infrastructures due to an increase in extreme heat corresponding to four different global warming levels … railways have a greater propensity to buckle under extreme heat. The choice of transport construction materials and … a 4 °C global warming level, increased levels of extreme heat in EU + UK cause annual transport O&M costs to rise by …
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Cooling buildings sustainably in Europe: Exploring the links between climate change mitigation and adaptation, and their social impacts

… urbanisation make the population more vulnerable to heat. If no specific action is taken, this will lead to a … structures, can protect occupants from the impacts of heat at low energy costs, if appropriately designed, … EU policy landscape � including the EU�s renovation wave, �Fit for 55� package of proposals, the EU climate …

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