David Azevedo died from heat. A construction worker living in a small city in central France, he had recently started a new job when the heatwave hit in the summer of 2022. He didn’t even last the first week.
journalist Samira Shackle He interviewed his sister, Anne-Marie, about what happened and how her family has feared every heatwave since.
And as an environmental writer Jeff Goodell explain Michael SafiWe live in a society that is poorly adapted to the climate we have created, from the hours we work to the food we grow to the cities we build.
Photo: Courtesy of the Azevedo family





