Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance

Tag: climate

  • Building Heat Resilience Together: Reflections from the Greater Melbourne Heat Action Plan Workshops

    Building Heat Resilience Together: Reflections from the Greater Melbourne Heat Action Plan Workshops

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    As temperatures rise and heatwaves become more frequent and intense, the need for coordinated, community-driven responses to extreme heat has never been more urgent. In response, Sweltering Cities, in collaboration with the Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance (GMHA), hosted a four-part Heat Action Plan (HAP) workshop series to help organisations across Greater Melbourne prepare, adapt, and…

  • Hot Food: Building Melbourne’s Resilience in a Warming World

    Hot Food: Building Melbourne’s Resilience in a Warming World

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    On Thursday April 10th, Sweltering Cities teamed up with Regen Melbourne to host the Food and Heat Symposium, an event that brought together more than 40 people from diverse sectors to explore how extreme heat is reshaping the way we grow, access, and think about food. The symposium featured engaging presentations from experts in food…

  • Extreme Heat and Gender Symposium

    Extreme Heat and Gender Symposium

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    Last week, on December 2nd, over 60 Victorian organisations and leaders came together for an Extreme Heat and Gender Symposium hosted by the Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance, and supported by Sweltering Cities. The purpose of the event was to understand how gender impacts how safe you are in a heatwave, how rising temperatures intersect with…