‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers. Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’. Human-caused climate breakdown is making every heatwave in the world more intense and more likely to happen.

‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers. Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes ‘poverty multiplier’. Human-caused climate breakdown is making every heatwave in the world more intense and more likely to happen.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/20/extreme-heat-india-outdoor-workers-poverty

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