This paper proposes a four-pronged policy framework to disentangle the different elements of economic, social, environmental and other systems operating in cities, maximise co-benefits and manage trade-offs across systems, and build systemic climate resilience in cities.

This study aimed at providing evidence-based analysis of how the existing urban design affects street microclimates in key areas of Ipswich, including two in the city centre and one in a recently developed suburb on the southern part of Ipswich .

Analyses provided in this report will assist the development of the most effective tree planting strategies for each of Sydney’s 100 hot schools.

Increasing summer temperatures and urban development in Western Sydney present key challenges for contemporary planning. This research shows that increasing the area of hard surfaces and buildings leads to warming while increasing the area of open spaces and tree canopy leads to cooling.

Based on empirical data collections, this report provides more than twenty practical recommendations on how to reduce the impacts of outdoor heat.