Matthews, TomRamsay, Emma E.Saeed, FahadSherwood, StevenJay, OllieRaymond, ColinAbram, NerilieLee, Jason Kai WeiBarley, ShantaPerkins-Kirkpatrick, SarahKhan, Mariam SalehMeissner, Katrin J.Roberts, CallumMavalankar, DileepSmith, Kenneth G. C.Ullah, AttaSadad, AnwarTurner, VictoriaForrest, Andrew2025-05-312025-05-311758-678XWOS:001380987800001ORCID:/0000-0001-9443-4915/work/176358742https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=anu_research_portal_plus2&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:001380987800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPLhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733755969The authors are members of the Lethal Humidity Global Council. While the views stated here are the authors' own, our initiative is additionally supported by the following members of the Council: S. Dey, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; E. Shuckburgh, Cambridge Zero, Cambridge University, UK; V. Venugopal, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, India; T. Lenton, Exeter University; L. Slater, Oxford University; B. Hare, Murdoch University and Climate Analytics; R. Glasser, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI); D. McCauley, University of California Santa Barbara; A. Dutta, Professor of Epidemiology at Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI); K. Mohaddes, Cambridge Judge Business School.3en© The PublisherHot weatherExtremes202410.1038/s41558-024-02215-885212413281