The silent killer: climate change and the health impacts of extreme heat

Lesley Hughes; Elizabeth  Hanna; Jacqui  Fenwick

The silent killer

climate change and the health impacts of extreme heat

Lesley Hughes, Elizabeth Hanna, Jacqui Fenwick

Department of Biological Sciences

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Abstract

More needs to be done to prepare Australia’s health and community sectors to cope with the pressures from more frequent and severe heatwaves, our new report has found.

The Silent Killer: Climate Change and the Health Impacts of Extreme Heat found that although many states have taken significant steps to upgrade their heat and health warning systems since the deadly heatwaves of 2009, strategies vary considerably from state to state and focus primarily on reactive rather than long-term planning.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney
Publisher	Climate Council of Australia
Commissioning body	Climate Council of Australia
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Electronic)	9780994492630
ISBN (Print)	9780994492647
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Copyright Climate Council of Australia Ltd 2016. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

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https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/silentkillerreport

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