When we think of the coming disasters of global warming, rising sea levels, disruptions to agriculture and disappearing species come readily to mind. We don’t necessarily think of the livability of…
You can draw a circle centered around south-east Asia wherein a very substantial portion of the earth’s population lives, where the wet-bulb temperature is predicted to surpass 36°C in the coming decades, effectively making that zone uninhabitable, potentially triggering enormous climate refugee waves
You can draw a circle centered around south-east Asia wherein a very substantial portion of the earth’s population lives, where the wet-bulb temperature is predicted to surpass 36°C in the coming decades, effectively making that zone uninhabitable, potentially triggering enormous climate refugee waves
That’s not even restricted to south-east Asia, 719 people died in Canada in 2021 from extreme heat.