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There's always this tacit assumption by chud and liberal westerners that climate change catastrophes are a "third world thing", if they even believe in it at all
Well that assumption is some big old doo doo
Indeed, in fact there is a good reason to suspect that things could get worse in parts that are further away from the equator. Places where temperature is already at the global maximum aren't going to see dramatic changes. However, places that are cooler have higher temperatures gradients leading to more turbulent weather.
It doesn't take a dramatic change to push an area from "hot" to "deadly." I'd take a high latitude continental climate at +10 degrees over normal over an equatorial region +5 over.
Yeah that's the flip side of it, a few degrees make a big difference when you're already at the edge of survivability. Another aspect is food production. Imagine having a heat wave for a few weeks that kills the harvest, that's a recipe for a famine.
It’s a good thing most Americans get their food from McDonald’s!