Category : Climate

How is heat actually experienced in everyday life across homes, workplaces, and cities? At a February 3 Mittal Institute event, Between Comfort and Heat Stress: The Hidden Burden of Everyday Heat, scholars from building science, urban design, and environmental health will come together to examine the growing disconnect between how heat is measured and how it is lived. Ahead of the event, we spoke with panelist Rajan Rawal, Professor at CEPT University and Senior Advisor at the Center for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE), to gather his perspective on how everyday environments shape thermal exposure, behavior, and health.

The Mittal Institute is pleased to announce its 2026 recipients of the Faculty Climate Research Grants. These grants are designed to foster deeper scholarly engagement on climate change, catalyze the creation of new knowledge, and contribute to the development of sustainable solutions across South Asia. Projects focused on three main research categories: energy transition and energy policy; food systems, agriculture, and land use; and law and policy for climate transition and adaptation.

Researchers supported by a Mittal Institute grant and affiliated with the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability argue that protecting workers across the Global South from hazardous heat must not stop when they leave the job, as many low-wage workers return to homes that stay dangerously hot overnight. Their work was published in the BMJ and featured in an article by the Salata Institute.