We know how to cool our cities and towns. So why aren’t we doing it?
- Written by A/Prof. Elmira Jamei, Associate professor, Victoria University
This week, Victoria recorded its hottest day in nearly six years. On Tuesday, the northwest towns of Walpeup and Hopetoun reached 48.9°C, and the temperature in parts of Melbourne soared over 45°C. Towns in South Australia also broke heat records.
This heatwave is not an outlier. It is a warning shot.
These weather conditions rival the...
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