‘Since 1890, heat and heat waves have killed more Australians than bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods, and severe storms combined,’ said Tweed Shire Mayor, Chris Cherry speaking to the motion put forward by Councillor Dr Nola Firth on addressed urban heat in Tweed Shire at the last Tweed Council meeting (21 September).
This statement was backed up by the councillor notes supporting the motion to ‘acknowledge’ and ‘address’ urban heat impacts that stated:
‘We know urban heat is the biggest killer of the climate-related changes coming our way. Our recent climate change risk assessment has included heat as a major risk with 22 more days over 30 degrees and markedly longer periods of continuous days over 30 by 2030.’
Urban heat will be addressed ‘in the on-going Tweed Development Control Plan (DCP) review with particular reference to incorporating relevant sections of the Western Sydney Organisational Committee Urban Heat Planning Toolkit 2021 regarding heat reduction strategies.’
The tool kit looks at a range of mitigation factors including use of reflective surfaces for building and infrastructure, more tress and tree coverage, wider streets to support this, use of double glazing, water fountains, energy efficiency, building material etc explained Cr Firth.
‘We have shires in Sydney, putting in a 15 per cent vegetation requirement in their DCP,’ she said.
Cr Reece Byrnes supported the motion pointing out that ‘it’s something that every council in this country should be looking at as we as we go through climate change in particular.’
All councillors voted in favour of the motion.
And on it goes, the Climate Science dismissal by our reckless and dangerous LabLibNat Fossil Fuel Cartel, who keep on approving NEW Fossil Fuel Adventures.
We are already living the Climate Emergency but the existential threat of Global Boiling is of ZERO concern to the LabLibNat FF Cartel.
This is what happens when both Lab and LibNat are bought by $’shundredsofthousands Fossil Fuel Industry ‘political donations’.
But we voters don’t need to cop this rubbish.
DON”T VOTE Lab or LibNat. Vote for Greens and Climate Independents, its the only way to rid us of the reckless and dangerous LabLibNat Fossil Fuel Cartel and start to get Climate Policy that follows the Climate Science.
Weather related deaths have dropped to less than 1% what they were in 1890, that includes from heat. Raising energy prices by shutting down coal may very well reverse that trend
All forms of human pollution need to be considered. Reflective surfaces on buildings? Better get some ray bans.
Bottomline..we are massively overpopulated for the way we live…..sure in about 500 years we may develop truly sustainable ways for 7 billion peeps to live on this blue and green jewel spinning in space…but in the meantime we will continue to consume and pollute.
The biggest cause of inflation is overpopulation. If the government stopped interfering in our lives the population would naturally reduce as the cost of having kids would limit one’s desire to spread the gene pool.
We have reached a critical threshold….species start to rapidly die off when at about the point we are on the exponential population growth curve.
Happy days.
All those preparedness measures, but not one word about any preventative measures.
9 times more people die of cold, than heat. Heating up the planet would save lives.
A hotter planet won’t save lives in Australia, Africa or southeast Asia.
Nor will it lead to higher crop yields in those locations…. so will those deaths be attributed to heat or starvation? Or wildfires? Or severe storms?