Gender inequality sees women labour in poor quality housing despite soaring temperatures, with solutions limited, expensive and inadequate.

As rising temperatures place huge pressure on health, Jai Das is testing affordable ways to cool houses and change lives.

Studio EB Floods, blackouts and overstretched transport systems are exposing a deeper challenge. Across Asia, governments and investors are beginning to write a new playbook, one that moves beyond incremental fixes towards structural transformation.

Wearing breathable textiles like cotton is becoming a form of heat adaptation, but for many Dalit families, they remain out of reach.