Adopting A Whole-System Approach To Cooling In A Warming World
Extreme heat in India is increasingly frequent and severe, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations like informal workers, women, and elderly individuals....
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New Report Says Heat Action Crumbles When It Needs Cross-Deptt Coordination
Heat mitigation actions aren’t keeping pace with the long-term consequences of frequent and extreme heat, a new report finds. The...
Extreme Heat Compounds Vulnerabilities In Low Income Areas
In the past two months, Delhi and the National Capital Region has experienced extreme heat with multiple heat waves and...
Unified Action Needed To Tackle Extreme Heat And Air Pollution
The combined impact of air pollution and heatwaves can be far more severe than individual impacts, as various reactions between...
Extreme Heat Threatens Health, Jobs And Even Democracy In India
As with any environmental disaster, the impact of heat stress hits the poorer harder than the privileged. The world’s largest...
Extreme Heat: Why Are So Many People Dying In Bihar?
In a brief press release dated 31 May 2024, the Disaster Management Department (DMD) of the Indian state of Bihar...
How Dangerous Extreme Heat Is To Humans
Heat is the silent killer of thousands each year and is only going to get worse. The headlines coming out...
Asia’s Extreme April Heat Worsened By Climate Change, Says Study
According to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group, extreme...
Explainer: Why Is It Getting Hotter?
The warmest recorded year, 2023, was 1.48°C warmer than the pre-industrial (1850–1900) average. In 2024, the world experienced the warmest...
Your Aircon Could Make 2024 The Hottest Year On Record
Last year, 2023, was the hottest on record, marked by heatwaves across North America, China and Europe. It is likely...
As Heat Waves Increase, Are India’s Heat Action Plans Effective?
The April heat wave in South and Southeast Asia this year was detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, noted a...
Medical Processes Hide True Number Of Indians Dying From Extreme Heat
Between 15 and 22 June this year, more than 150 people died in two hospitals in Ballia and Deoria districts,...
