Sweltering Cities’ 5th Anniversary Celebration

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

Connect with others concerned about climate impacts on food system resilience | in-person event.

Better Renting Reports

Better Renting is a community of renters working together for stable, affordable, and healthy homes.

Extreme weather is Australia’s new normal

Over the last few weeks, parts of Australia have been inundated by rain, scorched by heatwaves and slammed by storms. Is this our country’s new normal?

Study | Mapping intersections of gender and place-based responses to summer heat vulnerability

This project explores the experiences of families with young children in Melbourne’s northern suburbs during summer to inform a place-based, gender and culture in.

Extreme Heat Awareness Day

Get ready for the launch of Australia’s first ever Extreme Heat Awareness Day on February 5th 2025!

Cool Spaces Information Sheet- Bendigo Health

Useful information on how to access cool and safe spaces for vulnerable people during heatwaves.

Keep cool in Darebin

Keep cool tips and resources from the City of Darebin.

Session #2 Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities

You are warmly invited to our Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities Forum. Learn more about how to stay safe during the Australian summer and all the most up-to-date information for this year’s season of bushfires, grass fires, heatwaves and swim safety. Experts from CFA (Country Fire Authority), Fire Rescue Victoria, Life Saving Victoria and other key agencies will join us,

Session #1 Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities

You are warmly invited to our Emergencies, Safety and Multicultural Communities Forum. Learn more about how to stay safe during the Australian summer and all the most up-to-date information for this year’s season of bushfires, grass fires, heatwaves and swim safety. Experts from CFA (Country Fire Authority), Fire Rescue Victoria, Life Saving Victoria and other key agencies will join us,

Extreme Heat and Gender Symposium

Join the Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance, organisations working on the frontlines of heat adaptation and safety, and experts to explore how extreme heat and gender intersect.

Better Health Channel – Heat

Heat kills more Australians than any other natural disaster. There are steps you can take to protect yourself and others.

The Greater Melbourne Heat Alliance

A network of organisations who work with communities impacted by extreme heat, have projects aiming to address the impacts of extreme heat or can play a role in heatwave adaptation in Melbourne.

Sweltering Cities

Sweltering Cities works directly with communities in our hottest suburbs to campaign and advocate for more liveable, equitable and sustainable cities.