How will people adapt to extreme heat and rising temperatures?

Christina and Anurag talk to Dr. Teevrat Garg about how people are being affected by rising temperatures, and how they might adapt as temperatures around the world rise in the coming decades. Dr. Garg talks to us about various research studies from around the world that document how more days of extreme heat result in effects ranging from lower productivity to increasing levels of violence. We also discuss how social policy plays an important role in helping populations cope with climate change  while technological innovations help reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

Dr. Teevrat Garg is an Assistant Professor of economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at University of California, San Diego.

His research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics with an emphasis on the role of public policy and institutions in helping the poor cope with environmental changes from climate change to water and air pollution.