Despite what a thinktank bleats to the Coalition, heat deaths are in fact ‘a thing’

According to one study, cumulatively by the end of the century, global heating would cause between 616,000 and 2.3 million temperature-related deaths depending on emissions levels. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

When is a thing that is definitely a thing, not a thing? When you’re a thinktank trying to convince Coalition MPs they shouldn’t be backing policies to help Australia reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

As reported by Guardian Australia, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave a presentation to Coalition MPs in Canberra this week, telling them “heat deaths aren’t a thing” as part of a briefing to convince them to go cold on policies to get greenhouse gas emissions to net zero.