The loss of so many trees in Sydney’s Castle Cove represents the theft of environmental benefits and services from future generations of Australians.
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The first chief heat officers appointed in Australia are part of a global partnership that’s responding to the dangers of rising city temperatures and the need to manage the risks.
Urban plantings are part of the solution to living in warmer cities, but most tree and shrub species in the world’s cities will struggle too. The impacts on liveability could be huge.
Extreme heat waves are putting lives in danger, with some of the hottest urban neighborhoods 10 degrees hotter or more than their wealthier neighbors. Often, these are communities of color.
important decisions must be made today for urban greening programs to succeed in a warmer world.
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Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Management and Planning, Western Sydney University
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Jaana Dielenberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
University Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Plant Eco-physiology, Western Sydney University
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Senior Researcher in Ecology & Biostatistics (CNRS), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
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Associate Professor of Geography, Indiana University
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Professor and Associate Director, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
