Report finds Queensland will be a ‘difficult place to live in’ in 2050 due to killer extreme heat 

Shocking portrait of Brisbane in 2050: Alarming report finds the Queensland capital will be a ‘difficult place to live in’ within 30 years due to extreme heat

  • Within next 30-years, Queensland’s hot days and nights are expected to double 
  • According to report the state’s hot days and nights are expected to double 
  • Australians will be avoiding the outdoors due to the risk of illness and death 
  • Dr Sarah Chapman blamed climate change and called on politicians to do more  

Australia’s third largest capital will be a ‘difficult place to live in’ by 2050 due to extreme heat, an alarming report has found.  

Dr Sarah Chapman’s four-year study on Brisbane’s climate, published in the International Journal of Climatology, said there’d be more people at risk of illness and death and that ‘this isn’t the path we want to be on’. 

‘What we’d consider unusually hot in the present-day becomes normal in the future,’ she told the ABC.  

Within the next 30-years, Queensland’s hot days and nights are expected to double which will lead to Australians avoiding the outdoors (stock)

Dr Chapman said there'd be more people are risk of illness and death and that 'this isn't the path we want to be on' (stock)

Dr Chapman said there’d be more people are risk of illness and death and that ‘this isn’t the path we want to be on’ (stock)

‘This means that outdoor work and sport will need to be limited, even in shaded conditions, otherwise there will be a high risk of illness.’ 

The study looked at how increases in temperatures would affect people’s ability to work and play outside.  

Dr Chapman said it’s not just the young and elderly who would be affected, but it would also be healthy adults. 

Climate change is considered the biggest factor, with Dr Chapman saying there’s still time to tackle these issues as long as we ‘move very quickly’ and need to be ‘serious’ about it. 

‘The way Brisbane develops in the future can also alleviate some of the impact or even make it worse,’ she told the publication. 

She recommended to stop getting rid of green spaces in the city and surrounding areas as it causing increase in temperatures (stock)

She recommended to stop getting rid of green spaces in the city and surrounding areas as it causing increase in temperatures (stock)

She recommended to avoid losing green spaces in the city and surrounding areas.

Her research into another study found that regardless of any action on climate change, temperatures will continue to soar. 

She called on politicians to do more especially since Australia recorded the hottest on record summer last year. 

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