Rationale Across countries, extreme heat events are projected to increase in frequency and
intensity because of climate change. Exposure to extreme heat events can have a …

Australia experienced some of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns during the
COVID-19 pandemic. While lockdown measures had consequences for mental health …

Importance Community-level social vulnerability (SV) is associated with physical illness and
premature mortality. Its association with mental health (MH) and substance use disorders …

Background Understanding the role of how people are housed in reducing the long-term
health and housing effects of climate-related disasters is crucial given our changing climate …

Extreme weather and climate-related disaster events are associated with a range of adverse
health outcomes. People are not equally vulnerable to the adversity, experiencing varied …

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted people's mental health and wellbeing. Using
a national dataset of> 11,000 Australians collected before and during the first two years of …

Background Public health is greatly affected by heatwaves, especially as a result of climate
change. It is unclear whether heatwaves affect injury hospitalization, especially as …

Climate change is shifting the experience of energy hardship. Here we examine the effect of
the intensity, frequency, and duration of temperature extremes on energy hardship, and how …

Background Australia is frequently affected by floods, and their severity and frequency are
predicted to increase due to the effects of climate change. Over the past decade, there has …

Climate change mitigation policies must be developed to reduce the adverse effects of
escalating climate risks. However, climate policies are fraught with uncertainty, which leads …