In India, climate change has led to rising temperatures. Heatwaves have become more commonplace, and particularly impact the poorest with nowhere to seek shelter - particularly those in cities. India cooks in extreme mid 40s heat. City-dweller Shakeela and her family struggle to cope: 'it’s hotter in the evenings so we can’t sleep at night’. Krishna Yadav helps people like Shakeela cool their homes through retrofitting. 'I visited her place for a little while and it was unbearably hot.'.

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