Cara Schulte

Looking forward to speaking at the OECD Forum in Paris next week.

We’ll be discussing climate change, corporate due diligence + what meaningful, worker-centered adaptation looks like in practice.

📍 OECD Conference Centre, Paris
📅 February 12 | ⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM

More here: lnkd.in/gnMVzHs8

Slavery Research Bulletin | Freedom Fund A monthly bulletin presenting new and compelling research from the global anti-slavery movement.

🔌 Drivers of forced labour in electronics sector of Malaysia

👨‍👦 Age influences power relations between children in child-employing households @dundee.ac.uk

🌡️ Vulnerability to heat-related injury and illness in Pakistan’s garment industry @climaterights.bsky.social

That and more 👇
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Extreme Heat: International Accord Agrees to Protect Workers from Risks The International Accord for Health and Safety in the Garment and Textile Industry has agreed to develop a Protocol on Heat Stress to strengthen climate-related protections for workers in global fashi...

A win for garment workers: the legally binding International Accord has agreed to develop a Protocol on Heat Stress to strengthen climate protections for 3M+ workers in more than 2,000 factories across South Asia.

Read more about @climaterights.bsky.social's advocacy here: cri.org/extreme-heat...

Pakistan: Workers Suffer as Fashion Brands Fail to Act on Extreme Heat Workers in international fashion and home goods supply chains in Karachi are enduring severe physical, mental, and financial hardship in dangerously hot workplace conditions, while consumers and multi...

Climate Rights International today released an important report about the effect of heat on workers in Pakistani factories and mills. Brands sourcing from the factories where the researchers collected their data include H&M, Inditex, GAP, MANGO, ASOS, C&A, NA-KD, NEXT, IKEA.
cri.org/pakistan-wor...

“They Don’t See What Heat Does to Our Bodies”: Climate Change, Labor Rights, and the Cost of Fashion in Karachi, Pakistan

New @climaterights.bsky.social report is live. Garment + textile mill workers in Karachi’s international fashion supply chains face extreme heat (45°C), fainting, forced OT + unsafe water. Pakistan Accord renegotiations offer brands an opportunity to address risks.

More here: bit.ly/4pOxUqU

Six months in “climate hell” Documenting the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers who routinely faint from relentless heat.

Thanks to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social + Sheila Kaplan for highlighting some of my recent work on extreme heat. Always great to see climate change and public health getting some shared airtime.

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Thanks to @nytimes.com for covering the urgent + growing risks of extreme heat for workers – and for highlighting my latest @climaterights.bsky.social report on heat + labor rights in Bangladesh. Encouraging to see these issues gaining visibility in mainstream media.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...

For pregnant people, extreme heat comes with extra risks Being pregnant changes many of the processes that allow the body to stay cool during extreme heat. It increases the risk of dehydration, makes the heart work harder, speeds up breathing and even influ...

Thanks to @apnews.com and @melinawalling.bsky.social for including me in this important coverage of the impacts of extreme heat on pregnancy health:

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Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation - Carbon Brief Caribbean countries are taking matters into their own hands by enacting more robust legislation to help protect against climate risks

NEW – Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation | @caraschulte.bsky.social @cristianheli.bsky.social

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Excited to share new work with Cristian Heredia Ligorria and Cara Schulte! ✨ Our report reviews 78 climate laws in the Caribbean, showing how the region is advancing resilience, climate finance, and rights-based approaches — despite its vulnerability to climate change.

🌴 Read here: lnkd.in/eNZaHXKq

Caribbean

📢 C. Ligorria, @sabincenter.bsky.social's Dr. Tigre + I have a new paper in Carbon & Climate Law Review.

We mapped climate laws in the Caribbean + found a shift toward rights-based approaches + trends in clim. finance, disaster governance & renewables.

Read it here: cclr.lexxion.eu/article/CCLR...

Too Hot to Handle - Garment Workers in the Era of Extreme Heat Podcast Episode · WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press · 07/23/2025 · 45m

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by
@mrspress.bsky.social on the Wardrobe Crisis podcast. We dug into @climaterights.bsky.social latest report about how extreme heat is reshaping garment work + why labor justice has to be part of the climate conversation:

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“My Body Is Burning”: Extreme Heat and Labor Rights in Bangladesh Summers in Dhaka are unforgiving. Smog and dust cloud the sky, veiling the city in a muted haze. Hot air radiates off a canopy of tightly packed metal rooftops. The humidity is suffocating. Water, gas...

My latest report for @climaterights.bsky.social is live:

“My Body Is Burning” exposes how extreme heat and labor rights abuses endanger workers – including those in global supply chains – across Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Huge thanks to all who shared their stories.

cri.org/reports/my-b...