“Heat creates the perfect conditions for fire. Hot and dry weather dries out vegetation and makes it more flammable. Once a fire starts, these types of conditions can cause the fire to grow more quickly and make containment much more challenging." - @caraschulte.bsky.social

Extreme temperature warnings in place as ‘heat dome’ bakes US

Americans warned to be on alert for heat-related illness as parts of country experience record high temperatures

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Migrant workers face growing climate risks. In a study by BMJ Public Health, CRI's Brad Adams and Cara Schulte, with researchers at LSHTM, find that efforts to protect these workers from climate-related health harms fall short of what's needed: climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/health-sec...

Health Sector Underprepared to Protect Migrant Workers from Climate Risks

By Cara Schulte

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Extreme heat is a human rights crisis. In Dhaka, CRI researcher Cara Schulte documented workers facing dangerous heat on the job. No one should have to choose between health and survival. #HeatActionDay substack.com/@climaterigh...

I’ve Met the Workers Who Make Your Clothes. The Climate Crisis is Slowly Killing Them.

By Cara Schulte

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Looking forward to speaking at the OECD Forum in Paris next week. We’ll be discussing climate change, corporate due diligence + what meaningful, worker-centered adaptation looks like in practice. 📍 OECD Conference Centre, Paris 📅 February 12 | ⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM More here: lnkd.in/gnMVzHs8

🔌 Drivers of forced labour in electronics sector of Malaysia 👨‍👦 Age influences power relations between children in child-employing households @dundee.ac.uk 🌡️ Vulnerability to heat-related injury and illness in Pakistan’s garment industry @climaterights.bsky.social That and more 👇 bit.ly/4sTGk2A

Slavery Research Bulletin | Freedom Fund

A monthly bulletin presenting new and compelling research from the global anti-slavery movement.

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A win for garment workers: the legally binding International Accord has agreed to develop a Protocol on Heat Stress to strengthen climate protections for 3M+ workers in more than 2,000 factories across South Asia. Read more about @climaterights.bsky.social's advocacy here: cri.org/extreme-heat...

Extreme Heat: International Accord Agrees to Protect Workers from Risks

The International Accord for Health and Safety in the Garment and Textile Industry has agreed to develop a Protocol on Heat Stress to strengthen climate-related protections for workers in global fashi...

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Climate Rights International today released an important report about the effect of heat on workers in Pakistani factories and mills. Brands sourcing from the factories where the researchers collected their data include H&M, Inditex, GAP, MANGO, ASOS, C&A, NA-KD, NEXT, IKEA. cri.org/pakistan-wor...

Pakistan: Workers Suffer as Fashion Brands Fail to Act on Extreme Heat

Workers in international fashion and home goods supply chains in Karachi are enduring severe physical, mental, and financial hardship in dangerously hot workplace conditions, while consumers and multi...

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New @climaterights.bsky.social report is live. Garment + textile mill workers in Karachi’s international fashion supply chains face extreme heat (45°C), fainting, forced OT + unsafe water. Pakistan Accord renegotiations offer brands an opportunity to address risks. More here: bit.ly/4pOxUqU

“They Don’t See What Heat Does to Our Bodies”:

Climate Change, Labor Rights, and the Cost of Fashion in Karachi, Pakistan

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Thanks to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social + Sheila Kaplan for highlighting some of my recent work on extreme heat. Always great to see climate change and public health getting some shared airtime. publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spo...

Six months in “climate hell”

Documenting the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers who routinely faint from relentless heat.

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Thanks to @nytimes.com for covering the urgent + growing risks of extreme heat for workers – and for highlighting my latest @climaterights.bsky.social report on heat + labor rights in Bangladesh. Encouraging to see these issues gaining visibility in mainstream media. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...

Thanks to @apnews.com and @melinawalling.bsky.social for including me in this important coverage of the impacts of extreme heat on pregnancy health: apnews.com/article/extr...

For pregnant people, extreme heat comes with extra risks

Being pregnant changes many of the processes that allow the body to stay cool during extreme heat. It increases the risk of dehydration, makes the heart work harder, speeds up breathing and even influ...

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NEW – Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation | @caraschulte.bsky.social @cristianheli.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/AhDu8kX

Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation - Carbon Brief

Caribbean countries are taking matters into their own hands by enacting more robust legislation to help protect against climate risks

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Excited to share new work with Cristian Heredia Ligorria and Cara Schulte! ✨ Our report reviews 78 climate laws in the Caribbean, showing how the region is advancing resilience, climate finance, and rights-based approaches — despite its vulnerability to climate change. 🌴 Read here: lnkd.in/eNZaHXKq

📢 C. Ligorria, @sabincenter.bsky.social's Dr. Tigre + I have a new paper in Carbon & Climate Law Review. We mapped climate laws in the Caribbean + found a shift toward rights-based approaches + trends in clim. finance, disaster governance & renewables. Read it here: cclr.lexxion.eu/article/CCLR...

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @mrspress.bsky.social on the Wardrobe Crisis podcast. We dug into @climaterights.bsky.social latest report about how extreme heat is reshaping garment work + why labor justice has to be part of the climate conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Too Hot to Handle - Garment Workers in the Era of Extreme Heat

Podcast Episode · WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press · 07/23/2025 · 45m

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My latest report for @climaterights.bsky.social is live: “My Body Is Burning” exposes how extreme heat and labor rights abuses endanger workers – including those in global supply chains – across Dhaka, Bangladesh. Huge thanks to all who shared their stories. cri.org/reports/my-b...

“My Body Is Burning”: Extreme Heat and Labor Rights in Bangladesh

Summers in Dhaka are unforgiving. Smog and dust cloud the sky, veiling the city in a muted haze. Hot air radiates off a canopy of tightly packed metal rooftops. The humidity is suffocating. Water, gas...

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