The blueprint for building cooler cities
How one organisation, built from the ground up in a short four years, empowers communities to take on extreme heatwaves in their cities.
Translating the impact of climate change into a human scale can be hard. We need to look at the hyper-local impacts for solutions. Sweltering Cities is changing the story of heatwaves in Australia to recognise that they're the deadliest environmental disaster.
Join Emma Bacon, founder of Sweltering Cities, an organisation that tackles the problems of climate change, health and inequality together.
Emma and her team campaign on issues as varied as safe housing and heatwave warnings, aiming to update planning control data to improve our climate resilience. Learn how an ambitious transformation to a sustainable Sydney is possible.
Bio
Sweltering Cities connects with communities in some of the hottest suburbs around the country. The organisation, which has grown to a team of 7 since 2020, works towards more liveable, equitable and sustainable cities. Emma is a passionate organiser, campaigner and activist. As well as running successful progressive political campaigns, Emma has worked across movements for social and environmental justice for over 12 years. Emma lives and works on the land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Gadigal people.
Event
Tuesday 9 April, 6:00 PM @Fortress Sydney, Central Park Mall, Level 2/28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008, Australia
The other talk at this location is New neurological disease treatments (and a wobbly cat) at 8:00 PM
Fortress Sydney is the ultimate destination for games and entertainment! They offer a one-of-a-kind experience that transports you to a world of fantasy and excitement.
