Western Sydney is on track to experience five times the number of extreme heat days a year if something is not done to curb emissions. 7NEWS
Western Sydney is on track to experience five times the number of extreme heat days a year if something is not done to curb emissions.
In 2050, people living in Penrith could be sweltering through more than a month of 35-degree-or-hotter days in a high emissions scenario - and by 2090 that would increase to 58 days a year.But real-world figures have already outstripped these projections, with Lindsay reporting 44 days over 35 degrees in both 2018 and 2019.
Children growing up west of the city could see the number of dangerously hot days "quadruple by the time they retire", he said. Different communities dealt with different temperatures and some people had to work outside, while others did their jobs in heavy PPE, she said.
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