Poor families swelter in hot Australian homes

As another scorching summer approaches, a new report from Parents for Climate and Sweltering Cities reveals that millions of Australian children, including over 760,000 in poverty, face heightened health and education risks due to extreme heat in poorly insulated homes.

The heat is on

A two-part series on heat and health published in The Lancet warns that heat-related morbidity and mortality will likely increase without investment in evidence-based research and risk-management strategies.