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Gauging Long-Term Heat Stress Using Earth Observation Data
Ongoing research characterising heat stress exposure with remote sensing and community vulnerability frameworks in Rohingya refugee settings.
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.