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Media release: Adelaide heatwave plan a hot ticket, says climate alliance

February 11, 2019

WITH EXTREME HEAT DAYS set to become a more common summer occurrence in Adelaide due to climate change, the city’s plan to combat heat has been praised by the Climate Council’s Cities Power Partnership. Cities Power Partnership director Alix Pearce said that...

Beating the heat in the ‘burbs – how councils can combat urban heat islands

January 9, 2019

If the term “urban heat island” wasn’t bad enough, experts have now coined the phrase “urban heat continent”, highlighting the spread of heat affected urban areas in Australian cities, primarily Melbourne and Sydney. A recent survey by 202020 Vision gathered...