Climate-related disasters leave behind trauma and worse mental health. Housing uncertainty is a major reason why
- Written by: Ang Li, Research Fellow, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Australia, the world’s driest inhabited continent, is particularly vulnerable to climate-related disasters such as droughts, bushfires, storms and floods. In 2020, we were one of the top ten nations in the world for economic damage caused by disasters.
Recent catastrophic climate-linked disasters are etched into our communal psyche. The 2009...
