How hot will your city be in 60 years time?

 The specifications are going to have a stronger element of climate change in them.

'Everything is moving towards the equator in terms of the climate that's coming for you.'

A new interactive map provides one answer to that question... only time will tell what an underestimate that will prove to be, or what state the city is in by then.
Here's the estimate for Norwich.


It will have a climate similar to southern France apparently.

The map makes its predictions using data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Using that data the researchers matched 40,580 places around the globe to nearby locations currently experiencing their predicted climate for 2080.
Under 'Settings' you can select 'What if we reduce emissions?' to see how the climate of your town would change if we meet the limits set out in the Paris Climate Accord.
Lead researcher Matthew Fitzpatrick, of the University of Maryland, says: 'Everything is moving towards the equator in terms of the climate that's coming for you.'

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