Development of a heatwave definition using the health risk-based metrics

气候变化越来越被认为是本世纪最大的全球健康威胁，但气候变化对健康的影响仍有待量化。一个典型的例子是热浪造成的健康风险，在澳大利亚，热浪导致的死亡人数比其他任何自然灾害都多，但几乎没有全面的数据集来说明热浪对人口健康和福祉的影响，以及这些证据如何转化为政策。该项目旨在了解与热浪相关的健康风险，开发基于健康风险的指标来定义不同地区的热浪，并评估其对澳大利亚背景下社会和卫生政策发展的影响。

Climate change is increasingly recognised as this century's biggest global health threat, but the health consequences of climate change remain to be quantified. A typical example is health risks from heatwaves which kill more people than any other natural hazard in Australia, but few comprehensive datasets are available on what affects heatwaves can have on population health and well-being, and how such evidence can be translated into policy. This project aims to understand the health risks associated with heatwaves, to develop health risk-based metrics to define a heatwave across different areas, and to evaluate its implications for the development of social and health policies within an Australian context.