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et’s address the elephant in the room: Climate chan
ge.Extreme weather events resulting from climate change pose a threat to the health of over 65 million “nonelderly” workers, according to research from health policy nonprofit KFF. While 81% of executives are concerned about how these weather events might impact the workplace, only 62% have a response plan, a recent report from the Massachusetts Institute of Techno
logy found.Whether wildfires in California or hurricanes in North Carolina, extreme weather events happen all around us, said Tracy Watts, senior partner and national leader for US health policy at consulting firm Mercer. “So many things