Pages tagged with

Extreme heat

18 entries

A builder labours in the sun in India. Outdoor workers lose weeks of work every year due to extreme heat

Extreme heat costing Indian workers billions in lost wages

Press release, 20 July 2026

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Too hot to work, too poor to rest: health and economic impacts of heat stress on informal workers in urban India

Publication, 20 July 2026

Older man standing in a middle of a busy street in Dhaka, looking straight at the camera. He is wearing a grey t-shirt and a red scarf on his head, and holding his motorcycle.

Too hot to work, too poor to rest

Event on 20 July 2026

IIED executive director Tom Mitchell speaking during the opening plenary session of the London Climate Resilience Finance Summit 2026

Preparing for extreme weather shocks a huge opportunity, and the right thing to do

Press release, 25 June 2026

A close-up of charcoal burning in a cooking pot.

Urban heat, gender and cooking in Dar es Salaam's informal settlements

Article, 06 March 2026

A woman balancing a bucket of water on her head in pictured from behind as she walks through a field.

The invisible burden: heat amplifies gender inequality in Zimbabwe

Article, 06 March 2026

An aerial view showing thousands of iron roofs packed closely together, with few green spaces.

Coping with extreme heat and menstruation in Mathare informal settlement, Kenya

Article, 06 March 2026

An aerial view of an informal settlement and people from very high.

Extreme heat disrupting work and sleep for residents of African informal settlements

Press release, 03 March 2026

Group of women farmers from India gathered in a field, sitting in a circle and discussing. They are wearing traditional dress.

IIED at the 70th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)

Event on 09 March 2026

A woman wearing colorful clothing walking into a building.

Community-led gender data for climate and heat resilience

Active Project

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Heat impacts on informal settlements: participatory heat data collection in Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Publication, 02 March 2026

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Overheating cities: lessons from informal settlements in Dar es Salaam

Publication, 20 August 2025

A woman bends over as she cooks in small poorly ventilated room.

Rising heat levels mean increased risks for women in informal settlements

Insight, 17 June 2025

Two people holding plants and discussing.

Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions

Insight, 20 November 2024

Image of street in Buenos Aires showing informal housing.

Climate action for equitable cities: working with informal communities for low-carbon, resilient futures

Article, 30 October 2024

Bales of ginned cotton

Research shows gap in climate protections for India's small-scale cotton farmers

Press release, 30 September 2024

Cars stopped on the motorway. A digital sign reads "Extreme heat. Save power 4-9PM. Stay cool"

Hot cities: researching extreme heat in the world's biggest capital cities

Article

Thermometer showing 40+ degrees

52% jump in days over 35°C in world’s biggest capital cities

Press release, 28 June 2024

Related tags

Climate change and cities

Informal settlements (slums)

Urban climate justice