The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

by Jeff Goodell

It felt like we were a thousand miles from anything soft, cool, or kind.

Who is responsible for this? At some point in the not-so-distant future, the question of who burned the fossil fuel that caused the heat wave that killed Jane Doe will become the climate version of who pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Jane Doe.

Without enough food, there is only hunger, chaos, and violence. Malevolent rulers and dictators throughout history have known this and exploited it for their own ends.

It’s how the climate crisis works: the rich pollute, the rest suffer.