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Is air conditioning the answer to extreme heat?
August 16, 2026
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As heatwaves increase, air conditioning is becoming less of a luxury and more a lifeline. But what about its climate impact?
Graihagh Jackson talks to BBC Tokyo correspondent, Kurumi Mori, and Radhika Khosla, an urban climatologist and assistant professor at Oxford University.
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