Heat has color and class – 11/15/2023 – Thiago Amparo
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It’s hot? Yes. For everyone equally? No. How many air conditioners or humidifiers do you have at home? In SP, only 210 of the 5,600 schools in the state network have a refrigeration system (3.7%), according to official data; In 12 schools in Guarulhos, the walls and tiles are made of sheet steel, superheated. Do you work outdoors in the sun or indoors without heat protection? Do you have paid rest or do you have flexible hours?
Do you use quality, comfortable and refrigerated transport every day? In the capital of São Paulo, the average commute around the city is 2h26min; In 2023, the perception that buses are fuller reached 27%, the highest rate recorded in five years by the Rede Nossa São Paulo survey. Heat islands in SP, aggravated by automobile pollution and the unequal distribution of urban mobility, impact more peripheral people, a study by the Peregum Institute revealed this week.
Do you live near a park to cool off in? For 11 years, residents of the extreme south of the outskirts of SP have been waiting for the regulation of Parque dos Búfalos, in a dispute that even involves death threats, this revealed Sheet. At least four other promised parks were abandoned or invaded on the outskirts of SP, according to the newspaper Agora. How many people live in your house per room, and is there air circulation in all of them?
Do you have access to plenty of clean water? The black population of Belém and Recife suffer most from water-borne diseases (more than 60% of cases), revealed research by the Pólis Institute in 2022. Will you be safe in the event of extreme rain? The same research revealed that in the capital of São Paulo the proportion of black people in areas prone to landslides is 55%, concentrated on the outskirts of the city.
Extreme heat exposes climate injustices —racism and aporophobia— to the sun. In what is the coldest summer of the rest of our lives, who is it hot for?
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