‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers

According to research shared exclusively with the Guardian, extreme heat is intensifying poverty in India. The International Institute for Environment and Development found that outdoor workers in the informal economy are losing up to nine percent of their income as temperatures soar. Researchers describe the effect as a 'poverty multiplier' affecting hundreds of millions — a stark reminder that climate change hits hardest those least able to absorb the blow.

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