Special report | Look around you
The business of businesses is climate-change adaptation
Big ones are waking up to the fact
It can climb stairs, check gauges and send reports. When it’s not busy with work, it takes itself off to its quarters, to rest. It never needs food or water, and can plug itself in to recharge. And although it doesn’t like sandstorms any more than people do, it knows how to batten down the hatches and wait them out.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Looking after their own”
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