Clarification: Climate-Extreme Heat and Homelessness story

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PHOENIX (AP) — In a story published June 20, 2022, about the growing dangers to homeless people of heat fueled by climate change, The Associated Press mischaracterized how a seasonal forecast map is produced by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. The climatologists involved are not volunteers and the forecast is produced by, not for the institute.

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PHOENIX (AP) — In a story published June 20, 2022, about the growing dangers to homeless people of heat fueled by climate change, The Associated Press mischaracterized how a seasonal forecast map is produced by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. The climatologists involved are not volunteers and the forecast is produced by, not for the institute.

"Cueball", front left, dines with other homeless persons at the Justa Center Friday, May 20, 2022, in Phoenix. Hundreds of homeless people die in the streets each year from the heat, in cities around the U.S. and the world. The ranks of homeless have swelled after the pandemic and temperatures fueled by climate change soar. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
A woman sleeps under an umbrella on a breakwater in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Spain's weather service says a mass of hot air from north Africa is triggering the country's first major heat wave of the year with temperatures expected to rise to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in certain areas. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman sleeps under an umbrella on a breakwater in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, June 16, 2022. Spain's weather service says a mass of hot air from north Africa is triggering the country's first major heat wave of the year with temperatures expected to rise to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in certain areas. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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