London Underground rush hour during a UK heat wave in July.
Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/BloombergCity of London Workers Face Dangerously Hot Commute
Bloomberg’s London Tube Heat Index shows a popular weekday journey from the financial center has stayed within heat wave conditions every day this summer.
A quiet threat to London’s position as a bustling world financial center is starting to show on the sweaty white collars of the city’s commuters.
The ride on the deepest lines in London’s Underground system, always something of a chore, is becoming closer to unbearable for travelers to the city’s main deal-making district. Financial workers this summer are being asked to return to the office up to five days a week at a time when soaring temperatures are making many un-airconditioned transport links in London feel woefully unprepared for climate change.