Update: In just one week of may, 100 ONE HUNDRED countries/territories have broken heat records so far.
What we are witnessing this month is beyond any imagination.
More records have fallen in one week than in the whole months of autumn 2023 (the warmest globally).

Join us next week for this free event as part of #ClimateActionWeekSydney
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Keeping #Surat Safe!

As temperatures soar, ensuring the safety of the vulnerable community becomes paramount.

In the slum areas of Visat Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Jivandeep Nagar, and Mukti Nagar, MHT's Community Action Group (CAG) and Vikasini team are taking proactive steps. They

April was a busy month for #heathealth news, including:

➡️ Reports cover heat in Europe & Latin America
➡️ Survey finds heat putting Australians’ health at risk
➡️ CDC launches resources to protect Americans from heat exposure

Read and subscribe:
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Great work in South Australia today!
It's wonderful to see hosts from all sides of politics at this event. Minimum standards is a whole of government issue, and we need to see more of this to make the urgent changes to make rental homes healthy and safe!

What do we love? Good bus shelter news! The Inquiry into W Sydney public transport has released their report with a recommendation for state funding for 2000 more bus shelters!

We'll be following up with Minister for Transport Jo Haylen MP to see what their response will be.

“Parts of India are being seared under a heatwave with maximum temperatures ranging from 40 degrees celsius to 46 degrees celsius in many areas. Amid the intense heat, a TV anchor recently fainted while reading heatwave updates live on air.” ndtv.com/india-news/doo…

SwelteringCities Agree that this needs to change. I noted recently that Jervis Bay beach areas had the same Climate Zone under the Building Code of Australia 2022 as Western Sydney.

We're using 1990s data to set the energy efficiency of homes we'll live in for decades. Time to stop building for a climate that no longer exists!

Read about our new report here 👉

smh.com.au/property/news/…

The results of our Summer Survey show that renters are hit harder by cost of living pressures and are more likely to live in a low energy efficiency home.

Incredible new tool on heat risk exposure across Australia, highlighted by SwelteringCities (and probably in no small part influenced by their work getting heat and health on the agenda!
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ad21a5…

❗️HISTORIC 🇲🇽
MEXICO CITY just had the hottest day in its climatic history with 34.2C. (previous 33.9C in 1998)
The Observatory of Tacubaya was opened in 1877 and it's one of the oldest in all Latin America.
All highlands are with record heat:31.6C Toluca tied its monthly record.

Are you in Sydney tomorrow night and keen to hear some hot takes on cool cities?
Our Exec Director Emma Bacon is speaking at Raising the Bar #RTBSYD tomorrow night.
Register here for this free event: rtbevent.com/emma-bacon
University of Sydney City of Sydney

Excellent forum with diverse voices empowering communities to act on #climatechange which is embedded in social inequity #SwelteringCities

Dr Kim Loo advocates for minimum thermal efficiency standards for rental homes.

It’s hard to believe, but we have no such standards right now.

Current NSW standards for rental homes to be “fit for habitation” don’t include any requirement for safe indoor temperatures.

Full house here in Parramatta for the Greater Sydney Community Heat Forum!

On Sunday people from across Sydney are coming together to:
-Hear an expert panel on heat issues and solutions
-Experience a live performance by the Bindi Bosses
-Get new skills in short workshops
-Set heat resilience priorities together
RSVP now:
actionnetwork.org/events/greater…

61% of people who did the Summer Survey this year told us that cost of living increases are making it harder for them to be cool on hot days. Read more stats and stories here 👉
swelteringcities.org/2024/04/04/sum…

WORST HEAT WAVE IN SAHEL HISTORY
MALI
❗️Yelimane Tmin 34.2 Tmax 47.2 (April record)
43.5 Koutiala all time high
ALL TIME HIGHS
SENEGAL
47.0 Tambacounda
46.4 Kolda
BURKINA FASO
43.3 Gaoua
42.0 Bobo Dioulasso tied
NIGERIA
44.8 Sokoto tied

MONTHLY RECORD 42.5 Wa GHANA