Freakishly warm by early August standards. In our inner west Sydney office, we didn’t need any heating until…the sun went down. But the past year has delivered climate-related shocks that are becoming impossible for businesses to avoid. Allianz Research analysed the likely economic impact… France, Japan, Italy, Germany and Spain, would be 5 to 7 per cent lower than their base-line trajectories by 2030. We need to look at cooling – in buildings and our cities – as “less of an appliance issue and more of a systemic issue,” chief heat officer, says