This post was originally published on Politico.
Even as they dueled today in Houston, Canada and Morocco have something in common: They’re both World Cup hosts in an era of rising temperatures.
That shared status — Canada co-hosting this year with the U.S. and Mexico, and Morocco in 2030 with Portugal and Spain — has led the World Health Organization, to work with both countries on a Beat the Heat initiative that the United Nations’ global health body developed with FIFA to address the risks of extreme weather at sporting and mass gathering events.
While this week’s urgent concerns revolve around North American humidity, which makes heat
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