Too hot for humans? First Nations people fear becoming Australia's first climate refugees

• Aboriginal people in Alice Springs say global heating threatens their survival
• The town had 55 days above 40C in the year to July 2019
• Central Australian outstations are running out of water
• Poor quality housing in town camps cannot be cooled effectively
• Indigenous leaders fear extreme heat will cause influx of internal refugees

Josie Douglas sits on a verandah overlooking a ridge of red rocks and earth, scrubby with saltbush and spinifex near the centre of Alice Springs. It's late afternoon and only 31C - a reprieve from a run of days in the high 30s and 40s.

But Douglas knows that from now on it will only get hotter.