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Women, Heat And Informal Housing

A steady rise in temperatures in Telangana is causing heat stress to women in urban slums, who lack access to…

1 week ago
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How 2023’s Record Heat Worsened Droughts, Floods Around The World

2023 was a year of record-breaking heat, devastating storms and floods, deepening droughts and raging wildfires. These events showed how…

4 months ago
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How The Hottest Year Ever Unfolded

December would have to break all sorts of cold weather records for 2023 to avoid being the hottest year ever,…

5 months ago
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How Dangerous Is Extreme Heat To Humans

The media reporting around heatwaves that have hammered the planet recently has been unequivocal: the simultaneous record-breaking heat has “pushed…

8 months ago
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What Next As The Planet Gets Hotter…?

The planet is baking. Southern Europe is sweltering through a record heatwave with temperatures tipped to surpass the European record…

9 months ago
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Erratic, Unpredictable Weather: The New Normal For India Now?

This year, a large proportion of Indians living in the central, western and south western parts of the country heaved…

11 months ago
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Bihar Heatwave Response Reveals Flaws In Our Heat Strategy

Irshad Ahmad, a shopkeeper in the city of Patna, was forced to close his store for several days in mid-April…

11 months ago
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Seven Ways To Recycle Heat & Reduce Carbon Emissions

Heating of space and water in buildings accounts for about 44% of all energy consumed globally, according to the International…

1 year ago
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India’s Heat Action Plans Fail To Identify, Target Vulnerable Groups: Report

Source: PTI A review of 37 heat action plans in India shows most of them do not explicitly carry out…

1 year ago
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Why We Can’t Rely On Air Conditioning To Keep Us Cool

In summertime in Chongqing, China, Xi Yu* (35) hates the short walk from his apartment to the subway station on…

1 year ago
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Comment: South Asia Needs Equitable Cooling As Heatwaves Worsen

At a construction site on the outskirts of New Delhi, Ravinder Kumar, a mason, spends his days slicing giant luminescent…

2 years ago
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Climate Change Drives Down Yields & Nutrition Of Indian Crops

Rashpinder Singh, 36, is a farmer who owns 17 acres (almost seven hectares) of land in the state of Punjab.…

2 years ago
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How Hot Is Too Hot For The Human Body?

Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes, lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One…

2 years ago

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