Climate adaptation

Running Through Delhi’s Heatwave: How Rising Temperatures Amplify Air Pollution and Threaten Urban Joggers

It was early June 2024, the city still humming from the monsoon’s retreat, when the horizon over Delhi turned a searing orange. The air felt thick enough to cut with a knife, and a thin veil of haze already clung to the skyline. For anyone who laced up a

Climate adaptation

Pre‑emptive Cash Transfers Turn Flood Warnings into Harvest‑Saving Action for Bangladesh’s Smallholder Farmers

Hook When a flood warning rang in Satkhira district in July 2023, 600 farmers grabbed their phones, received a $30 cash transfer, and rushed to buy waterproof storage bags - a move that saved roughly 40% of their rice harvest compared with neighbours waiting for traditional aid.1 The pilot