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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jeff Sparrow

The climate crisis is hitting the planet’s working classes the hardest and they know it

Indian woman carrying water pitcher on her head
The climate crisis is not a concern only of the rich. Water had to be brought by train to India's state of Rajasthan during May’s global heating-induced heatwave. Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images

“What do you mean, ‘why am I working in this heat?’ If I don’t work, we will die of hunger.”

That was how Shiv Kumar Mandal, a Delhi rickshaw driver, explained why he continued to transport passengers during a prolonged and horrific temperature spike that experts attribute to global heating.

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