Climate Emergency Conference 2024
Councils and communities reclaiming the climate emergency
Day 2 - half-day online event
Tuesday 23 April, 2024
15:45/13:45 Closing Plenary: Climate, health and community resilience
This session explores recent research about and on-ground examples of communities dealing with climate impacts, and looked at approaches to building preparedness and resilience in communities experiencing extreme weather and other climate events and their flow-on effects.
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This session explores recent research about and on-ground examples of communities dealing with climate impacts, and looked at approaches to building preparedness and resilience in communities experiencing extreme weather and other climate events and their flow-on effects.
- Dr Tafadzwa Nyanhanda, Victoria University CALD communities’ perceptions of extreme heat
(Pre-recorded video.) - Blanche Evans, Resilience and Recovery officer, East Gippsland Shire Council Supporting a community hit by multiple climate disasters
- Dr Lai Heng Foong, Bankstown Hospital Building community resilience to disasters
- Candace Jordan, City of Melbourne Heat Lab: heat safety and neighbourhood resilience
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