On 3 September 2019, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) added their voice to the growing list of international health organisations declaring climate change a health emergency and calling for urgent government action on climate change on health grounds.

In October 2018, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation launched its Hot Spots initiative, led by not-for-profit and community health organisations, to test the resourcing of local-level, cross-sector collaborations focused on addressing heatwave vulnerability.