Matthew Kahn, author of Climatopolis and professor of economics at UCLA Institute of the Environment, has been at the forefront of adaptation research, exploring how people will avoid or reduce the harmful impacts of climate change. His controversial take: cities will actually thrive in a hotter planet.
For those of us who want to avoid the most dramatic impacts of climate change, he ranks the top "safest" cities in a warmer world: Salt Lake City, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Minneapolis or Detroit.
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Matthew Kahn is also a contributing writer to the Great Energy Blog, which we produce in partnership with National Geographic. Read his posts.