Dhaka’s informal workforce is on the frontlines of a climate and labour justice crisis. Rising heat, driven by climate change, unplanned urbanisation, and shrinking green spaces, is threatening health, livelihoods, and human dignity. Women, garment workers, rickshaw pullers, and other outdoor workers face unsafe conditions, lost income, and serious health risks. This new policy-responsive issue brief from Greenpeace South Asia calls for urgent, equity-centred action: heat-adaptive workplaces, gender-responsive infrastructure, and strengthened climate-labour protections to safeguard livelihoods and human rights.
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