Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Rising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed. It says the world’s …

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“We were treated as if we were machines”: Migrant workers powering Saudi Arabia’s energy transition

We are witnessing a drive to renewables amidst the escalating climate emergency and increasing energy insecurity in a world on fire. Deep, rapid and sustained decarbonisation is crucial, and businesses …

Wellbeing How climate change is exacerbating pre-existing workplace ill-health

Super Typhoon Ragasa rampaged across East and South-East Asia this week, renewing questions about how global employers can protect employees’ health and wellbeing from ever more deadly and frequent natural …

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Inside Amazon India’s pressure cooker warehouses: Workers ‘forced to meet unrealistic targets in 55C heat’

Amazon warehouse staff in India are still being forced to work in temperatures as high as 55C and the majority feel conditions are too hot to be safe, according to …

Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects

A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Khavada in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 …

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Inteligencia artificial, cuidados y futuro del trabajo: desafíos y oportunidades sindicales para una transición justa

Las transformaciones tecnológicas que caracterizan el siglo XXI, en particular la automatización y el desarrollo de la inteligencia artificial (IA), están reconfigurando de manera acelerada y profunda el mundo del …

As the world heats up, fashion’s climate transition must start with workers

As the planet heats up, the world’s most vulnerable workers are being pushed to the brink. In 2024, India recorded its hottest year on record, with temperatures hitting 50 degrees …

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Climate change and workplace heat stress: technical report and guidance

This publication provides an overview of evidence and guidance on the growing challenge of workplace heat stress in the context of climate change. It highlights the health and productivity risks …

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The “underdiagnosis” of heat-related worker deaths: “The data doesn’t reflect what’s happening.

(article originally in Spanish) Unions say official statistics, which do not report a single death in 2024, do not capture the scale of the phenomenon. Other European countries suffer from …

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ILO Working Paper: The role of collective bargaining in promoting just transitions

This working paper explores the role of collective bargaining in achieving a just transition, drawing on recent literature and a sample of 512 collective agreements. An in-depth study of six …

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