Cara Schulte
@caraschulte.bsky.social
Doctoral Candidate, Climate + Health + Human Rights
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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Six months in “climate hell”
Documenting the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers who routinely faint from relentless heat.
publichealth.berkeley.edu
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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.
publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spo...
publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spo...
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...
Thanks to @apnews.com and @melinawalling.bsky.social for including me in this important coverage of the impacts of extreme heat on pregnancy health:
apnews.com/article/extr...
apnews.com/article/extr...
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...
apnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Thanks to @apnews.com and @melinawalling.bsky.social for including me in this important coverage of the impacts of extreme heat on pregnancy health:
apnews.com/article/extr...
apnews.com/article/extr...
Reposted by Cara Schulte
NEW – Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation | @caraschulte.bsky.social @cristianheli.bsky.social
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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
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October 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
NEW – Guest post: How Caribbean states are shifting climate legislation | @caraschulte.bsky.social @cristianheli.bsky.social
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Reposted by Cara Schulte
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
🌴 Read here: lnkd.in/eNZaHXKq
August 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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
🌴 Read here: lnkd.in/eNZaHXKq
📢 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...
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...
Caribbean
cclr.lexxion.eu
August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📢 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...
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...
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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
@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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Too Hot to Handle - Garment Workers in the Era of Extreme Heat
Podcast Episode · WARDROBE CRISIS with Clare Press · 07/23/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
@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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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...
“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...
“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...
cri.org
July 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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...
“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...