With scientists predicting the UK will in future face increasingly extreme and frequent heatwaves due to climate change, it is essential employers take practical action now to protect indoor and outdoor workers from the health impacts of high temperatures and humidity.
By Stephen Sandford, Casella on 28 July 2026
Trade unions have formally demanded that India’s new Labour codes be amended to require app-based platforms to take specific actions to protect gig and app workers from exposure to extreme heat, after India again began experiencing punishing high temperatures that began in April.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 11 June 2026
The Indian Government’s Budget included much-trumpeted funding announcements for energy and carbon reduction projects like domestic solar panels and carbon capture, utilisation and storage technology, but campaigners were disappointed by the amount of money allocated for tackling dangerous levels of air pollution and adapting to climate change impacts.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 March 2026
India’s technology hub cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad are increasingly suffering severe flooding, and climate experts say urgent action is now required to reverse extensive construction over natural water-absorbing landscape features to protect people and businesses.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 13 October 2025
Recent flash flooding in Uttarakhand is thought to have claimed the lives of a number of migrant workers, prompting accusations the Government is failing to minimise the risk of devastating floods caused by a combination of climate change impacts, construction of upstream hydroelectric plants and deforestation for development projects.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2025
Temperatures in India in February 2025 were the hottest since records began over a century ago, prompting warnings the country needs to urgently step up efforts to protect both workers and the general population from the health risks posed by extreme heat and humidity.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 April 2025
India is implementing a variety of clean energy measures to hit its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070, including plans to rapidly scale up the generation of nuclear power. However, climate experts say significant finance will be required from developed countries to phase out coal power, accelerate renewables deployment and expand the national electricity grid.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 08 April 2025
The commitment by developed countries at the COP29 UN conference to channel $300 billion a year to developing countries by 2035 to ramp up climate action fails to address the enormity of the decarbonisation and adaptation challenge facing developing nations like India, the country’s representative to the conference has warned.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 10 December 2024
Recent landslides in Kerala that left over 400 people dead, including many tea plantation workers, have prompted calls for stricter enforcement of laws designed to prevent deforestation, quarrying and development that experts say have exacerbated the risk of fatal landslides and flooding.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 September 2024
With India predicted to face longer and more intensive heatwaves driven by climate change, experts say the country must begin planning how to better protect workers from the health impacts of searing heat and humidity.
By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 10 June 2024
