Extreme Heat, Loss and Damage, and the Urgency of Avoidable Deaths

By Prof. Anil Gupta*; and Mr. Vishal Pathak** Loss and damage from climate change are often discussed in terms of economic costs, infrastructure damage, and displacement. Yet one of the gravest and most irreversible forms of loss remains under-recognised: avoidable…

Join the Global Movement: Mark International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) in March 2026

By Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) invites campaigners, practitioners, researchers, and community leaders around the world to mark the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) on 12 March 2026, or on…

When Climate Crises Become Health Crises: The Hidden Impact on Pregnant Women

By Mr. Alexander Skinner and Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett Climate change isn’t just about rising seas and carbon emissions—it’s a health crisis, especially for women of reproductive age in disaster-prone regions. When floods, cyclones, or heatwaves strike, access to essential reproductive…

Challenging Anthropocentrism: Non-Human Loss and Damage and the Climate Debt in Heat-Stressed Urban India

By Ms. Lauren MacLeod The climate crisis compels a review of how policy addresses vulnerability in the context of the COP30 Global Ethical Stocktake (GES), which asks ‘Why do we continue with production and consumption models that harm the most…