This week in Himal
This week, Jeff Joseph writes that ineffective advisories and the undercounting of heat-related deaths leaves millions of Indians vulnerable to extreme heat and the climate
As climate change-driven extreme heat threatens more and more of India’s massive population, ineffective advisories and undercounting of heat-related deaths leave millions vulnerable and unaware of the real risks
Women workers in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province see their health and livelihoods at risk due to extreme heat linked to climate change, with government heat action plans still under development
In Multan, fierce heat and other effects of the climate crisis are hurting the health and livelihoods of agricultural workers, resulting in damaged crops, heat-related illnesses, and other adverse effects
Tamil nationalism faces a new challenge as the climate emergency spreads in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province and other Tamil-dominated areas, where the ravages of war and systemic discrimination have left the population especially vulnerable
A conversation with Siddhartha Deb on recording the histories of India’s present and the dystopian futures of climate crisis and authoritarianism in his fiction and nonfiction
Nepal is on the frontlines of the climate crisis but lags behind in negotiating for international resources and technological support for adaptation, leaving its communities especially vulnerable
Climate change is driving an increase in snakebites and envenomation deaths in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and beyond – and community-driven solutions are leading the fightback
Chandni Singh, an environmental social scientist, talks about why the extreme heat facing the Subcontinent this summer is unlike the heat of the past, and how we are entering a new regime of risk
Lukewarm coverage of the climate crisis in the Indian media fails to communicate safety measures against extreme heat-related risks this election season
