A study commissioned by the WA Department of Health examined heat-related impacts on health in Perth amid rising global temperatures.
The analysis looked at heat-related impacts on health in Perth amid rising global temperatures caused by climate change. "Heat is a risk multiplier for people who have chronic illness, particularly people who've got heart disease, kidney disease and lung disease and strokes as well," she said. "You can see the trees dying in the street and in the south west, the health impacts are not so obvious but they're just as real," Dr Leahy said.
He recommends immediate changes to housing codes to ban dark materials and encourage living areas orientated towards the north.
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