Killer heat: US cities' plans for coming heatwaves fail to protect vulnerable
Exclusive: With heatwaves predicted to worsen dramatically over the next 30 years, many big US cities are failing to fully plan to protect those most vulnerable to extreme heat
Sydney's bushfire season starts in winter: 'We may have to rethink how we live'
Hotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and increasing urban sprawl into bushland puts more people at risk
What would a heat-proof city look like?
Cities are already up to 10C hotter than the surrounding areas. As the climate warms, here are four ways cities can cool down – saving lives and energy
Planning regulations overlook heat – so developers build death traps
Bob Ward
Heat deaths are preventable. No more excuses: we need better regulation and guidance to stop unsafe housing being built
'It can’t get much hotter ... can it?' How heat became a national US problem
Heat now kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters – but cities are facing it almost entirely alone
Which cities are liveable without air conditioning ... and for how much longer?
Mapping the world’s cities where you can live comfortably without heating or air conditioning reveals how few boast such ideal climates – and how global warming would further narrow the field
An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city
The shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off?
