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The Future of Decent Work: Forecasting Heat Stress and the Intersection of Sustainable Development Challenges in India's Brick Kilns Achieving decent work in a heating climate (2024)
Journal Article
Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Sparks, J. D., Foody, G. M., Girindran, R., Gosling, S., Trodd, Z., Bhriain, L. H., & Rodriguez-Huerta, E. (in press). The Future of Decent Work: Forecasting Heat Stress and the Intersection of Sustainable Development Challenges in India's Brick Kilns Achieving decent work in a heating climate. Sustainable Development,

The impacts of climate change-induced heat stress on workers are most prevalent in sectors with decent work deficits and this requires consideration for sustainable development. This paper focuses on the informal economy of brick kilns in India, a se... Read More about The Future of Decent Work: Forecasting Heat Stress and the Intersection of Sustainable Development Challenges in India's Brick Kilns Achieving decent work in a heating climate.

Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Decker Sparks, J. L., Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Ives, C. D., & Bales, K. (2021). Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change. One Earth, 4(2), 181-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.01.015

The modern slavery–environmental degradation–climate change nexus may threaten the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Globally, approximately 12.2 million workers are entrapped in modern slavery in environmentally degrading acti... Read More about Growing evidence of the interconnections between modern slavery, environmental degradation, and climate change.