Community resilience to disasters and extreme weather
Climate, health and community resilience - Climate Emergency Conference Day 2.
This session explored 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. We heard from Dr Tafadzwa Nyanhanda of Victoria University on CALD communities’ perceptions of extreme heat; Blanche Evans from East Gippsland Shire Council on supporting a community hit by multiple climate disasters; Dr Lai Heng Foong from Bankstown Hospital on building community resilience to disasters and Candace Jordan, from the City of Melbourne on their Heat Lab, heat safety and neighbourhood resilience.
This session explored 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. We heard from Dr Tafadzwa Nyanhanda of Victoria University on CALD communities’ perceptions of extreme heat; Blanche Evans from East Gippsland Shire Council on supporting a community hit by multiple climate disasters; Dr Lai Heng Foong from Bankstown Hospital on building community resilience to disasters and Candace Jordan, from the City of Melbourne on their Heat Lab, heat safety and neighbourhood resilience.