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  "id": 3429855,
  "title": "World Inches Toward Catastrophic Climate Events: ‘Bigger Shocks Are On the Way’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/world-inches-toward-catastrophic-climate-events-bigger-shocks-are-on",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T05:08:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Insurance Journal",
    "slug": "insurance-journal",
    "url": "https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/26/882803.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world’s nations to unite …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}