Global Warming

Unbearable Heat

The deepening climate crisis is likely to make many regions of the world so hot within decades that they will become uninhabitable, according to a new report from the United Nations and the Red Cross. This year’s deadly heat in South Asia and Somalia are only previews of what the joint report warns are likely to become regular occurrences due to the failure to curb carbon emissions.

“There are also likely to be levels of extreme heat beyond which societies may find it practically impossible to deliver effective adaptation for all,” the report says. The regions most threatened by the heat are sub-Saharan Africa and the Horn of Africa, as well as southern and southwestern Asia.