We have become so dependent on electric appliances that it is easy to forget what life felt like before air conditioners hummed in every room and rising electricity bills became a part of summer. 

For generations, people lived with the climate, not against it — designing homes and public spaces that worked with the wind, shade and sunlight. In Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, that spirit of climate-smart living is finding a new purpose in the face of an increasingly dangerous challenge: extreme heat.

As temperatures soar year after year, the city has introduced a net-zero cooling shelter that can remain up to 8°C cooler than the outside environment, all without air conditioners or heavy energy consumption. 

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