RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Michele Campos feels like crying every summer when temperatures in Rio de Janeiro climb above 40°C (100°F), heating up the cement that covers every corner of the favela of Chapeu Mangueira where she lives and making life unbearable in her windowless bedroom.
“Sleeping is the worst part,” said the 39-year-old. “In the favela we experience the heat in a very different way from people who can afford air conditioning.”
Heat inequality: Study measures the toll of climate change in Rio de Janeiro favelas
