Inferno Report

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Palakiya Foundation believes addressing climate change in isolation from social issues is

insufficient and ineffective. A just transition to a sustainable future requires dismantling the

social and economic inequalities perpetuating environmental harm.

Therefore, our report, “Inferno: The Human Consequences of Rising Temperatures”, is an

attempt to provide human faces to the impacts of heatwaves through photo stories. It is a

documentation of the daily lives of people living in informal settlements, outdoor workers,

street vendors and hawkers, and all other disadvantaged populations who lack the privilege of

cooling systems and are left with no alternative but to live and earn in scorching temperatures.

Budhapa, Bimari aur Garmi: Amidst the sweltering heatwave, an elderly heart patient accompanied by

his grandsons covers his face with a towel (gamcha).“Baba ko blood pressure aur heart ki beemari hai,

garmi me dikkat aur badh jati hai (My grandfather suffers from blood pressure and a heart patient,

extreme heat adds to his deteriorating health conditions),” says one of his grandsons. Public health

experts warn that heat exhaustion may cause circulatory failure and death. Loss of water from the

body compounds the heat stress on blood vessels, with an increased propensity for clotting, leading to

brain strokes and heart attacks. Photo: Piyush Singh

Human Faces of Extreme Heat

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