Climate change and informal workers: Towards an agenda for research and practice

Dodman, David; Sverdlik, Alice; Agarwal, Siddharth; Kadungure, Artwell; Kothiwal, Kanupriya; Machemedze, Rangarirai; Verma, Shabnam

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101401

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“…In the broader context, Jakarta should consider integrating heat-resilient urban planning principles into city development codes and regulations and develop heat action plans and early warning systems. Integrating heat-resilient urban planning principles into city development codes, developing heat action plans, and including informal workers in protection programs are crucial steps for transformative resilience in urban areas [17]. Policymakers should focus on reforms and improved infrastructure to enhance climate resilience, health, and livelihood benefits for informal workers in low-and middle-income cities.…”

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“…Informal workers, like street vendors, lacking workplace protection and health insurance, are particularly vulnerable to heat stress [14,15]. Their lower socioeconomic status limits their capacity to protect themselves from heat stress risks, given the poor working and living conditions they often endure [16,17]. Systematic analysis on occupational heat stress shows the urgency of this issue to be recognized as a public health problem [12].…”

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Microclimatic perception and preference among market vendors in Jakarta, Indonesia

Ufaira,

Bermanda,

Nastiti

et al. 2024

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for liveable, sustainable cities and decent jobs. The lack of attention to outdoor space design has a significant impact on the livability of the urban outdoor environment. As tropical areas have experienced a one-degree Celsius increase in the last four decades, working outdoors can become unbearably distressing due to thermal discomfort. This study links SDGs 11 and 8 by focusing on thermal comfort and heat exposure among outdoor informal workers —the street vendors working in outdoor markets. The cohorts in our study are vulnerable to extreme heat due to their working conditions, and the informality of their work presents additional susceptibility to severe heat exposure due to the lack of physical and social protection. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to measure microclimatic perceptions, such as Thermal Sensation Vote (TSV) and preference, Humidity Sensation Vote (HSV) and preference, Wind Sensation Vote (WSV) and preference, Sun Sensation Vote (SSV), and preference, as well as overall comfort vote (OCV). The results are useful in providing a preliminary illustration of Jakarta’s microclimatic perceptions and thermal comfort from the perspective of vulnerable populations. We then discuss the impacts of thermal comfort on the city’s liveability.

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Microclimatic perception and preference among market vendors in Jakarta, Indonesia

Ufaira,

Bermanda,

Nastiti

et al. 2024

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“…The City of Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe with an urban population of approximately 2.4 million. 111 Its climate change profile is distinguished by a persistent rise in temperature and a trend of reduced and unpredictable rainfall. 112 Climate projections for the next 40 years signify a decline in precipitation and a further increase in the mean temperature, portending the possibility of persistent droughts in the area.…”

Section: Zimbabwe: City Of Harare and City Of Bulawayomentioning

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City-Level Law and Action for Climate-Resilient Development in Southern Africa

du Plessis,

Steyn,

Rantlo

2023

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This article studies eight cities in four countries in the southern African region (Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Botswana) to explore whether and how local governing authority has been channelled towards local climate-resilient development. The authors undertook a desk-based identification and review of available primary and secondary legal sources and normative documents while also drawing on scientific papers and policy documents for statistics and information about urbanization, climate change, politics, and governance in the selected countries. The analysis is interested in the law but is not strictly of a legal nature in the sense that the authors did not aim for a critical analysis of the regulatory detail in the relevant legal instruments. Instead, the article provides an evaluation of the political, de facto choices made by selected local governments as to how and to what extent to utilize their governing authority (legislative and executive) towards climate-resilient development. The authors explore if and how local government powers in the four southern African countries are currently leveraged for local climate action, and comment on the possible reasons for the status quo by comparing the four jurisdictions.

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“…Climate change is important for workers whose activities take place not indoors, but outdoors. The authors of the article David Dodman, Alice Sverdlik, Shabnam Verma analyze studies conducted in three cities of India and Zimbabwe [2]. In their opinion, the direct impact of climate change leads to substandard living conditions and increases the importance of occupational health and safety measures.…”

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Climate agenda in the southern region of Russia: the view of the agrarian university students

Chudnova,

Kosnikov,

Lesnykh

et al. 2023

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The article presents the results of a brief theoretical review of approaches to the study of the climate agenda and an empirical study of the attitude of students of the Agrarian University to climate change issues. A brief review of scientific publications from the science-intensive Scopus database showed the main directions of research of the subject field in the sphere of social dimensions, methodology, theory and methods of obtaining empirical material. We have developed a toolkit for conducting a survey in the youth student environment of the Agrarian University; it is based on the analysis of the obtained theoretical generalizations. 497 respondents from full-time students of Stavropol State Agrarian University took part in the survey (Stavropol, Russia). Methodological recommendations have been developed for improving educational programs of higher agricultural education in the field of climate literacy – the ability to formulate, apply and interpret climate knowledge in professional activities; understanding the direction of climate change and the corresponding transformations of professional activity in the agricultural sector of the South of Russia (Stavropol Krai, Russia). Attracting the attention and involvement of future agricultural specialists in the discussion track of the development of the climate agenda is an important factor of professional competence.

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Climate change and informal workers: Towards an agenda for research and practice

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Microclimatic perception and preference among market vendors in Jakarta, Indonesia

Microclimatic perception and preference among market vendors in Jakarta, Indonesia

City-Level Law and Action for Climate-Resilient Development in Southern Africa

Climate agenda in the southern region of Russia: the view of the agrarian university students

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