In most of the world this week we consider the effects of global warming on housing, the world’s biggest asset class. About one-tenth of the world’s residential property by value is under threat. Homeowners face a $25trn reckoning. Who will end up footing the bill?

Leader: The next housing disaster
Briefing: Homeowners face a $25trn bill from climate change

In Britain, we look at assisted dying. Though still controversial, it is no longer a fringe issue. The public is already supportive and politicians are catching up. Britain may be on the verge of its next big social reform.

Leader: The rights and wrongs of assisted dying
Further reading: Britain is moving towards assisted dying

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