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Gauging Long-Term Heat Stress Using Earth Observation Data
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Gauging Long-Term Heat Stress in Rohingya Refugee Settings in Bangladesh Using Earth Observation Data

Named with Fogarty International Center as Earth observation / heat-stress analysis work. Exact project role pending verification.

Client / Funder
Fogarty International Center
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Duration
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Thematic area
Earth observation / heat stress
Feature type
Geospatial · Anticipatory Action
Geography
Hill Tracts
CCI's role
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Approach
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Key outputs
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Status
Ongoing

This Fogarty International Center–supported research (2025–26) examines long-term heat stress in Rohingya refugee settings using Earth observation data combined with community vulnerability frameworks.

Research questions address how spatial heat patterns interact with shelter density, vegetation cover, and social vulnerability to produce differentiated health and wellbeing risks.

Methods include remote sensing time-series analysis, structured community vulnerability modules, and co-interpretation workshops with humanitarian and community stakeholders

The study aims to publish open methodological notes and partner briefs that other camp and urban heat programmes can adapt — advancing CCI’s contribution to inclusive climate risk science in Bangladesh.

Interim findings already inform the companion anticipatory measures design stream, ensuring research outputs move quickly into operational guidance

Programme highlights

  • EO heat stress time-series analysis
  • Community vulnerability modules
  • Co-interpretation with humanitarian actors
  • Open methodological notes and briefs
CCI embeds gender-responsive methodologies, disability-inclusive data collection, and intersectional analysis across all fieldwork and reporting — not as an add-on, but as a core design principle.