Australia has experienced a 37% increase in health-damaging heat waves over the past 20 years. Now it has the second-highest number of climate change-related cases globally. Courts have closely examined detailed evidence about how climate change directly and indirectly affects people’s health, especially for vulnerable groups. Key deficiencies identified in Australia’s response to climate and health threats include a 17% drop in the number of volunteer firefighters in just seven years, undermining Australia’s capacity to respond to bushfires.
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