Why India’s urban heat problem demands big-picture solutions
For many of us, heat is an inconvenience solved with air-conditioned offices and homes. We step indoors, switch on the air conditioner, postpone errands or escape to cooler places. But for informal workers, whether in homes under tin roofs, on the street or at construction sites, heat is a threat to health, income and survival. When temperatures rise, their livelihoods fall.
