This chapter explores the challenges faced by informal workers in India due to rising temperatures, with a special focus on a heat insurance initiative for vulnerable women. It advocates for collaboration between government and private sectors to create safety measures and support systems to protect these workers from extreme climate threats.
As temperatures rise, productivity falls.
Extreme global temperatures are draining tens of billions of dollars in economic productivity every year from some of the world’s biggest cities. It’s not just outdoor jobs that are impacted, but office work too.
In this episode, we ask work leaders, economists and employees what can be done to work around hot weather. From changing working hours to introducing heatwave insurance.
(Picture: Labourer drinking from a water bottle, in the sunshine. Credit: Getty Images)
Presented and produced by Megan Lawton