The heatwave we’ve all been waiting for is better than you thought

Turned Out Nice

HERE’S a surprise. Britain and Ireland are going to be sitting pretty as a result of climate change. According to Marek Kohn, our two nations may soon be envied by most of the rest of the world, with the possible exception of New Zealand.

“There will be heatwaves and floods, for sure,” he acknowledges, “but nothing to compare with the kind of shocks that will hit Spain, half of which could become semi-desert, let alone Bengal.”