New modelling suggests hotter summers could place new demands on NZ’s electricity system, increase heat-related deaths and hit vulnerable people hardest.
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Govt top-ups help households to keep warm over winter. But rising power prices are creating an urgent need for longer-term energy solutions.
For young adults, unmet housing aspirations can affect identity, mental health and wellbeing, and their ability to plan for the future.
Our homes can and must protect us against some of the risks of climate change.
One Australian survey found more than a third of private renters feel their housing situation is harming their mental health.
We spend a lot of time and money treating chronic health conditions. But we could prevent some of them in the first place if we improved housing.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Canterbury
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Energy Systems, University of Notre Dame
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Distinguished Professor, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Mental Health, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University; University of British Columbia
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Professor, Director of the Urban Transformations Research Centre, Lang Walker Endowed Chair in Urban Transformation, Western Sydney University
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ARC DECRA and Senior Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Associate, HHAUS research group, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago