These examples paint a vivid portrait of the ways in which a changing climate is intersecting with other forms of disadvantage in Australian cities, multiplying the stresses upon the already disadvantaged and sharpening pre-existing vulnerabilities. And this process is accelerating. In January last year the mercury reached 48.9C in Penrith, but it’s reasonable to assume that by the end of this decade (and quite possibly before) we will be experiencing temperatures in excess of 50C in some parts of Sydney, as well as similar temperatures in other capital cities.

How are our cities going to look in a rapidly heating world? It won’t be long before 50C will be normal | James Bradley | The Guardian