Extreme heat in India is increasingly frequent and severe, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations like informal workers, women, and elderly individuals.…
Heat waves in India are getting worse year on year, and are reshaping women’s health over time, from menstruation through…
Last year, Devi Prasad Ahirwar, a former security guard, collapsed from a heat stroke in Delhi, during one of the…
Studies find that tin and cement roofs significantly increase indoor heat stress in rural households, posing serious health risks. Structural…
Cities across India are experiencing record-breaking temperatures, intensified both by climate change and the urban heat island effect. By 2047,…
As heatwaves grow more intense with rising temperatures and dense urban population, millions—especially in poorly ventilated informal settlements—face increasing thermal…
Indian cities face rising heat risks due to rapid urbanisation, loss of green cover, and unplanned development. Urban heat disproportionately…
Heat mitigation actions aren’t keeping pace with the long-term consequences of frequent and extreme heat, a new report finds. The…
In June, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of ‘severe heatwave conditions’, sixty-year-old Mohd Zaffer fed fuel to the…
Dev Prasad Ahirwar, a 54-year-old migrant worker posted as a security guard, is one among hundreds exposed to the extreme…
Researchers have stated that climate change made the heatwave that hit Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Laos in April 2023 at…
Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of Patna, was forced to close his store for several days in mid-April…
Source: PTI A review of 37 heat action plans in India shows most of them do not explicitly carry out…
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