'Heat is the final boss. Heat is a different beast': The planetary peril no one will be able to avoid

A man in the desert looks at the city after the effects of global warming.

In this extract from "The Pocket Guide to Planetary Peril" (WH Allen, 2025), author Jakob Thomä, a professor at the University of London's SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, examines an existential threat facing us all: heat. As the impacts of climate change take hold, Thomä argues that heat will become the risk no one can avoid.

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