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href="#Bushfires"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Bushfires</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bushfires-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Extreme_weather_events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extreme_weather_events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Extreme weather events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extreme_weather_events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Heatwaves" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heatwaves"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6.1</span> <span>Heatwaves</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heatwaves-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ecosystems_and_biodiversity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ecosystems_and_biodiversity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Ecosystems and biodiversity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ecosystems_and_biodiversity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Great_Barrier_Reef" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Great_Barrier_Reef"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7.1</span> <span>Great Barrier Reef</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Great_Barrier_Reef-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lord_Howe_Island" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lord_Howe_Island"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7.2</span> <span>Lord Howe Island</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lord_Howe_Island-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impacts_on_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impacts_on_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Impacts on people</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Impacts_on_people-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Impacts on people subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Impacts_on_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Economic_impacts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economic_impacts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Economic impacts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economic_impacts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Agriculture_forestry_and_livestock" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture_forestry_and_livestock"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Agriculture forestry and livestock</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture_forestry_and_livestock-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electricity_demand" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electricity_demand"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Electricity demand</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electricity_demand-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impacts_on_housing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impacts_on_housing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Impacts on housing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Impacts_on_housing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Settlements_and_infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Settlements_and_infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Settlements and infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Settlements_and_infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Human_settlements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Human_settlements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Human settlements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Human_settlements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Property" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Property"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Property</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Property-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impacts_on_foreign_policy_and_national_security" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impacts_on_foreign_policy_and_national_security"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Impacts on foreign policy and national security</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Impacts_on_foreign_policy_and_national_security-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Health_impacts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_impacts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Health impacts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_impacts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impacts_on_indigenous_Australians" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impacts_on_indigenous_Australians"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Impacts on indigenous Australians</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Impacts_on_indigenous_Australians-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Vulnerability" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vulnerability"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1</span> <span>Vulnerability</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vulnerability-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Heat_and_drought" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heat_and_drought"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1.1</span> <span>Heat and drought</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heat_and_drought-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Impact_of_climate_change_on_health" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Impact_of_climate_change_on_health"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.1.2</span> <span>Impact of climate change on health</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Impact_of_climate_change_on_health-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Traditional_knowledge" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Traditional_knowledge"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.2</span> <span>Traditional knowledge</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Traditional_knowledge-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Responses_to_climate_change" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Responses_to_climate_change"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5.3</span> <span>Responses to climate change</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Responses_to_climate_change-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mitigation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mitigation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Mitigation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Mitigation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Mitigation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Mitigation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Emissions_reductions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Emissions_reductions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Emissions reductions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Emissions_reductions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Forestry_and_forest-related_options_for_carbon_sinks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Forestry_and_forest-related_options_for_carbon_sinks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Forestry and forest-related options for carbon sinks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Forestry_and_forest-related_options_for_carbon_sinks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policies_and_legislation_to_achieve_mitigation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policies_and_legislation_to_achieve_mitigation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Policies and legislation to achieve mitigation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policies_and_legislation_to_achieve_mitigation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Paris_Agreement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paris_Agreement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Paris Agreement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paris_Agreement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_legislation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_legislation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>State legislation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_legislation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Victoria" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Victoria"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2.1</span> <span>Victoria</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Victoria-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adaptation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adaptation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Adaptation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Adaptation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Adaptation subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Adaptation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_government_programs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_government_programs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>National government programs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_government_programs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Regional_natural_resource_management_(NRM)_organisations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_natural_resource_management_(NRM)_organisations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Regional natural resource management (NRM) organisations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_natural_resource_management_(NRM)_organisations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Programme" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Programme"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>National Climate Change Adaptation Programme</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Programme-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate_Adaptation_Flagship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate_Adaptation_Flagship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Climate Adaptation Flagship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate_Adaptation_Flagship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Research_Facility" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Research_Facility"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Research_Facility-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Local_Adaptations_Pathway_Program" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Local_Adaptations_Pathway_Program"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.5</span> <span>The Local Adaptations Pathway Program</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Local_Adaptations_Pathway_Program-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policies_and_legislation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policies_and_legislation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Policies and legislation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Policies_and_legislation-sublist" 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id="toc-International_cooperation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Society_and_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Society_and_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Society and culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Society_and_culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Society and culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Society_and_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Activism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Activism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Activism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Activism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Litigation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Litigation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Litigation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Litigation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media_coverage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media_coverage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Media coverage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Projected_impacts_by_location" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Projected_impacts_by_location"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Projected impacts by location</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Projected_impacts_by_location-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Projected impacts by location subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Projected_impacts_by_location-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Capital_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Capital_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Capital cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Capital_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adelaide" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adelaide"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png/301px-2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png" decoding="async" width="301" height="503" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png/452px-2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png/602px-2019-12-07_East_Australian_Fires_Aqua_MODIS-VIIRS-LABELS.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1806" /></a><figcaption>Climate change is increasing the frequency and size of bushfires, as evidenced by the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019–20 Australian bushfire season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">Climate change</a> has been a critical issue in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> since the beginning of the 21st century. Australia is becoming hotter and more prone to extreme heat, <a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">bushfires</a>, droughts, floods, and longer fire seasons because of climate change. Climate issues include <a href="/wiki/Wildfires" class="mw-redirect" title="Wildfires">wildfires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heatwaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Heatwaves">heatwaves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclones_and_climate_change" title="Tropical cyclones and climate change">cyclones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rising_sea_levels" class="mw-redirect" title="Rising sea levels">rising sea levels</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the beginning of the 20th century, Australia has experienced an increase of over 1.5&#160;°C in average annual temperatures,<sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bom-state-2024_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bom-state-2024-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with warming occurring at twice the rate over the past 50 years compared with the previous 50 years.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Recent climate events such as extremely high temperatures and widespread drought have focused government and public attention on the effects of <b>climate change in Australia</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall in <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwestern Australia">southwestern Australia</a> has decreased by 10–20% since the 1970s, while southeastern Australia has also experienced a moderate decline since the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall is expected to become heavier and more infrequent, as well as more common in summer rather than in winter. Australia's annual average temperatures are projected to increase 0.4–2.0&#160;°C above 1990 levels by the year 2030, and 1–6&#160;°C by 2070. Average precipitation in the southwest and southeast Australia is projected to decline during this time, while regions such as the northwest may experience increases in rainfall. </p><p>Climate change is <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change" title="Effects of climate change">affecting the continent's environment and ecosystems</a>. Australia is vulnerable to the effects of global warming projected for the next 50 to 100 years because of its extensive arid and semi-arid areas, and already <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Australia" title="Climate of Australia">warm climate</a>, high annual rainfall variability. The continent's high fire risk increases this susceptibility to changes in temperature and climate. Meanwhile, Australia's coastlines will experience erosion and inundation from an estimated 8–88 centimetres (3.1–34.6&#160;in) increase in global sea level. Australia's unique ecosystems such as the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> and many <a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Australia" title="Fauna of Australia">animal species</a> are also at risk. </p><p>Climate change also has diverse implications for Australia's economy, <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Agriculture_forestry_and_livestock">it's agriculture</a> and public health.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Projected impacts include more severe <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">floods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">droughts</a>, and cyclones.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Australia's population is highly concentrated in coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels, and existing <a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Australia" title="Water supply and sanitation in Australia">pressures on water supply</a> will be exacerbated. The exposure of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australians</a> to climate change impacts is exacerbated by existing socio-economic disadvantages which are linked to colonial and post-colonial marginalisation.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The communities most affected by climate changes are those in the North where <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islander</a> people make up 30% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities located in the coastal north are the most disadvantaged due to social and economic issues and their reliance on traditional land for food, culture, and health. This has raised the question for many community members in these areas, "Should we stay or move away?"<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia is also a contributor to climate change, with its <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia">greenhouse gas emissions</a> per capita above the world average. The country is <a href="/wiki/Coal_in_Australia" title="Coal in Australia">highly reliant on coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Australia#Oil" title="Energy in Australia">other fossil fuels</a>, although <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Australia" title="Renewable energy in Australia">renewable energy</a> coverage is increasing.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> National <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">climate change mitigation</a> efforts include a commitment to achieving <a href="/wiki/Net_zero" class="mw-redirect" title="Net zero">net zero</a> emissions by 2050 under the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a>, although Australia has repeatedly ranked poorly in the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_Performance_Index" title="Climate Change Performance Index">Climate Change Performance Index</a> and other international rankings for its climate targets and implementation. <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_adaptation" title="Climate change adaptation">Climate change adaptation</a> can be performed at national and local levels<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was identified as a priority for Australia in the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Garnaut_Climate_Change_Review" title="Garnaut Climate Change Review">Garnaut Review</a>. </p><p>Climate change has been a <a href="/wiki/Global_warming_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming controversy">divisive or politicised issue</a> in <a href="/wiki/Australian_politics" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian politics">Australian politics</a> since the 2000s, contributing to successive governments implementing and repealing mitigation policies such as <a href="/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia" title="Carbon pricing in Australia">carbon pricing</a>. Some <a href="/wiki/Australian_media" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian media">Australian media outlets</a> have promoted <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_misinformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate change misinformation">climate misinformation</a>. The issue has <a href="/wiki/Environmental_movement_in_Australia#Climate_change" title="Environmental movement in Australia">sparked protests</a> in support of climate change policies, including some of the largest demonstrations in Australia's history. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greenhouse_gas_emissions">Greenhouse gas emissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Greenhouse gas emissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/220px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/330px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/440px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption> Emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, per capita by country<sup id="cite_ref-Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia_GHGemissionsByCountry_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia_GHGemissionsByCountry-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure></div></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">These paragraphs are an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia">Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia&amp;action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p><a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia">Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia</a> totalled 533 million tonnes CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub>-equivalent based on <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gas</a> national inventory report data for 2019; representing per capita CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub>e emissions of 21 tons,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> three times the global average. <a href="/wiki/Coal_in_Australia" title="Coal in Australia">Coal</a> was responsible for 30% of emissions. The national Greenhouse Gas Inventory estimates for the year to March 2021 were 494.2 million tonnes, which is 27.8 million tonnes, or 5.3%, lower than the previous year. It is 20.8% lower than in 2005 (the baseline year for the Paris Agreement). According to the government, the result reflects the decrease in transport emissions due to <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> restrictions, reduced fugitive emissions, and reductions in emissions from electricity; however, there were increased <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions" title="Greenhouse gas emissions">greenhouse gas emissions</a> from the land and agriculture sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> uses principally coal power for <a href="/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Australia" title="Electricity sector in Australia">electricity</a>, accounting for 66% of grid-connected electricity generation in 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia_OpenNEM_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia_OpenNEM-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but this is rapidly decreasing with a growing share of <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Australia" title="Renewable energy in Australia">renewables</a> making up the energy supply mix, and most existing <a href="/wiki/List_of_coal-fired_power_stations_in_Australia" title="List of coal-fired power stations in Australia">coal-fired power station scheduled to cease operation between 2022 and 2048</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Emissions by the country have started to fall and are expected to continue to fall in coming years as more renewable projects come online.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Climate_Action_Tracker" title="Climate Action Tracker">Climate Action Tracker</a> rates Australia's overall commitment to emissions reduction as "insufficient". Policies and action is "insufficient", domestic target is "almost sufficient", fair share target is "insufficient", and <a href="/wiki/Climate_finance" title="Climate finance">climate finance</a> is "critically insufficient". This is because the Australian government has continued to invest in <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural gas in Australia">natural gas projects</a>, refused to increase its 2030 domestic emissions target, and is not on track to meet its current target.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> Climate change in Australia is caused by greenhouse gas emissions, and the country is generally becoming hotter, and more prone to extreme heat, bushfires, droughts, floods and longer fire seasons because of climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impacts_on_the_natural_environment">Impacts on the natural environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Impacts on the natural environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg/330px-Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg/495px-Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg/660px-Australia-temp-anomaly-1910-2009.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Australian annual average temperature anomaly from 1910 with five-year <a href="/wiki/Local_regression" title="Local regression">locally weighted ('Lowess')</a> trend line. Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Temperature_and_weather_changes">Temperature and weather changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Temperature and weather changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:180px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg/288px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg.png" decoding="async" width="288" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg/432px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg/576px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_present.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> map for Australia for 1980–2016</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:180px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg/288px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg.png" decoding="async" width="288" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg/432px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg/576px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_AUS_future.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="850" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">2071–2100 map under <a href="/wiki/Representative_Concentration_Pathway" title="Representative Concentration Pathway">the most intense climate change scenario</a>. Mid-range scenarios are currently considered more likely<sup id="cite_ref-HausfatherPeters2020_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HausfatherPeters2020-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schuur2022_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schuur2022-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Phiddian2022_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Phiddian2022-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Australia's instrumental record from 1885 to the present shows the following broad picture: </p><p>Conditions from 1885 to 1898 were generally fairly wet, though less so than in the period since 1968. The only noticeably dry years in this era were 1888 and 1897. Although some coral core data<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> suggest that 1887 and 1890 were, with 1974, the wettest years across the continent since settlement, rainfall data for <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a>, then the only major station covering the interior of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, strongly suggest that 1887 and 1890 were overall not as wet as 1974 or even 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In New South Wales and Queensland, however, the years 1886–1887 and 1889–1894 were indeed exceptionally wet. The heavy rainfall over this period has been linked with a major expansion of the sheep population<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and February 1893 saw the disastrous <a href="/wiki/1893_Brisbane_flood" title="1893 Brisbane flood">1893 Brisbane flood</a>. </p><p>A drying of the climate took place from 1899 to 1921, though with some interruptions from wet <a href="/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o" class="mw-redirect" title="El Niño">El Niño</a> years, especially between 1915 and early 1918 and in 1920–1921, when the wheat belt of the southern interior was drenched by its heaviest winter rains on record. Two major El Niño events in 1902 and 1905 produced the two driest years across the whole continent, whilst 1919 was similarly dry in the eastern States apart from the Gippsland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>The period from 1922 to 1938 was <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia#Drought_in_the_20th_century" title="Drought in Australia">exceptionally dry</a>, with only 1930 having Australia-wide rainfall above the long-term mean and the Australia-wide average rainfall for these seventeen years being 15 to 20 per cent below that for other periods since 1885. This dry period is attributed in some sources to a weakening of the Southern Oscillation<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and in others to reduced <a href="/wiki/Sea_surface_temperature" title="Sea surface temperature">sea surface temperatures</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Temperatures in these three periods were generally cooler than they are currently, with 1925 having the coolest minima of any year since 1910. However, the dry years of the 1920s and 1930s were also often quite warm, with 1928 and 1938 having particularly high maxima. </p><p>The period from 1939 to 1967 began with an increase in rainfall: 1939, 1941 and 1942 were the first close-together group of relatively wet years since 1921. From 1943 to 1946, generally dry conditions returned, and the two decades from 1947 saw fluctuating rainfall. 1950, 1955 and 1956 were exceptionally wet except 1950 and 1956 over arid and wheatbelt regions of Western Australia. 1950 saw <a href="/wiki/1950_Australian_rainfall_records" title="1950 Australian rainfall records">extraordinary rains</a> in central <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> and most of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dubbo" title="Dubbo">Dubbo</a>'s 1950 rainfall of 1,329&#160;mm (52.3&#160;in) can be estimated to have a <a href="/wiki/Return_period" title="Return period">return period</a> of <i>between 350 and 400 years</i>, whilst <a href="/wiki/Lake_Eyre" title="Lake Eyre">Lake Eyre</a> filled for the first time in thirty years. In contrast, 1951, 1961 and 1965 were very dry, with complete monsoon failure in 1951/1952 and extreme drought in the interior during 1961 and 1965. Temperatures over this period initially fell to their lowest levels of the 20th century, with 1949 and 1956 being particularly cool, but then began a rising trend that has continued with few interruptions to the present.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Since 1968, Australia's rainfall has been 15 per cent higher than between 1885 and 1967. The wettest periods have been from 1973 to 1975 and 1998 to 2001, which comprise <i>seven of the thirteen wettest years</i> over the continent since 1885. Overnight minimum temperatures, especially in winter, have been markedly higher than before the 1960s, with 1973, 1980, 1988, 1991, 1998 and 2005 outstanding in this respect. There has been a marked decrease in the frequency of frost across Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's annual mean temperature for 2009 was 0.9&#160;°C above the 1961–90 average, making it the nation's second-warmest year since high-quality records began in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a>'s 2011 Australian Climate Statement, Australia had lower than average temperatures in 2011 as a consequence of a <a href="/wiki/La_Ni%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="La Niña">La Niña</a> weather pattern; however, "the country's 10-year average continues to demonstrate the rising trend in temperatures, with 2002–2011 likely to rank in the top two warmest 10-year periods on record for Australia, at 0.52&#160;°C (0.94&#160;°F) above the long-term average".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Furthermore, 2014 was Australia's third warmest year since national temperature observations commenced in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sea_level_rise">Sea level rise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Sea level rise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melbourne,_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_(5457913124).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg/220px-Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg/330px-Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg/440px-Melbourne%2C_Australia_Population_Density_and_Low_Elevation_Coastal_Zones_%285457913124%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3257" data-file-height="2478" /></a><figcaption>Melbourne population density and low elevation coastal zones</figcaption></figure> <p>The Australian Government released a report saying that up to 247,600 houses are at risk from flooding from a <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> of 1.1 metres. There were 39,000 buildings located within 110 metres of 'soft' erodible shorelines, at risk from a faster erosion due to sea level rise.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Adaptive responses to this specific climate change threat are often incorporated in the coastal planning policies and recommendations at the state level.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For instance, the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> State Coastal Planning Policy established a sea level rise benchmark for initiatives that address the problem over a 100-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Lower projections indicate that sea levels will rise by 40 to 90&#160;cm upon the end of the century <sup id="cite_ref-:14_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_(droughts_and_floods)"><span id="Water_.28droughts_and_floods.29"></span>Water (droughts and floods)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Water (droughts and floods)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_floods#Australia" title="List of floods">List of floods §&#160;Australia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia" title="Drought in Australia">Drought in Australia</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Meteorology" title="Bureau of Meteorology">Bureau of Meteorology</a> records since the 1860s show that a 'severe' drought has occurred in Australia, on average, once every 18 years.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Australia is already the driest populated continent in the world. </p><p>Rainfall in <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwestern Australia">southwestern Australia</a> has decreased by 10–20% since the 1970s, while southeastern Australia has also experienced a moderate decline since the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall is expected to become heavier and more infrequent, as well as more common in summer rather than in winter.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2008 it became known that an expert panel had warned of long-term, maybe irreversible, severe ecological damage for the whole <a href="/wiki/Murray-Darling_basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Murray-Darling basin">Murray-Darling basin</a> if it did not receive sufficient water by October of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Water_restrictions_in_Australia" title="Water restrictions in Australia">Water restrictions</a> were in place in many regions and cities of Australia in response to chronic shortages resulting from the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia" title="Drought in Australia">drought</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2004 paleontologist <a href="/wiki/Tim_Flannery" title="Tim Flannery">Tim Flannery</a> predicted that unless it made drastic changes the city of <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, Western Australia, could become the world's first ghost <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">metropolis</a>—an abandoned city with no more water to sustain its population.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 the Drought and Water Resources Minister of Australia <a href="/wiki/David_Littleproud" title="David Littleproud">David Littleproud</a>, said, that he "totally accepts" the link between climate change and drought in Australia because he "lives it". He called for a reduction in <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emission" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenhouse gas emission">greenhouse gas emission</a> and massive installation of renewable energy. Former leader of the <a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Nationals</a> Barnaby Joyce said that if the drought became more fierce and dams were not built, the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> risks "political annihilation".<sup id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theguardian.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2022 IPCC report, there has been an increase in flooding episodes and other catastrophic weather events because of global warming. These unusual weather changes in include rainfall in the north and severe droughts in the south. Less rainfall means less streamflow of water for major cities. The IPCC recommends a step up to our adaptation and finance policies in our systems to keep up with the drastic impacts of climate change for a sustainable development.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Water_resources">Water resources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Water resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Australia" title="Water supply and sanitation in Australia">Water supply and sanitation in Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Water_restrictions_in_Australia" title="Water restrictions in Australia">Water restrictions in Australia</a></div> <p>Healthy and diverse vegetation is essential to river health and quality, and many of Australia's most important catchments are covered by native forest, maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Climate change will affect growth, <a href="/wiki/Species_richness" title="Species richness">species composition</a> and pest incursion of native species and in turn, will profoundly affect water supply from these catchments. Increased re-afforestation in cleared catchments also has the prospect for water losses.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1970 and 2024, 28% of Australia's Hydrological Reference Stations showed a significant decrease in streamflow while 4% showed a significant increase.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The stations with increases were all in northern Australia while those with decreases were largely in southern Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CSIRO predicted that the additional effects in Australia of a temperature rise of between only 1 and 2&#160;°C will be: </p> <ul><li>12–25% reduction inflow in the <a href="/wiki/Murray_River" title="Murray River">Murray River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darling_River" title="Darling River">Darling River</a> basin.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>7–35% reduction in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>'s water supply.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bushfires">Bushfires</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Bushfires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">Bushfires in Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019–20 Australian bushfire season</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A bushfire by an Adelaide River roadside in 2010." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg/220px-Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg/330px-Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg/440px-Firefighting_at_Hillview_North_of_Adelaide_River_August_2010_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">Bushfires in Australia</a> are exacerbated by rising temperatures and drought conditions associated with climate change.</figcaption></figure> <p>There is an increase in fire activity in Australia since 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-:18_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:18-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The causes include "more dangerous fire weather conditions, increased risk factors associated with pyroconvection, including fire-generated thunderstorms, and increased ignitions from dry lightning, all associated to varying degrees with anthropogenic climate change".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Firefighting officials are concerned that the effects of climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of <a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">bushfires</a> under even a "low global warming" scenario.<sup id="cite_ref-Firefighters_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Firefighters-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2006 report, prepared by CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101001001458/http://www.bushfirecrc.com/centre/">Bushfire CRC</a>, and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, identified South Eastern Australia as one of the three most fire-prone areas in the world,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and concluded that an increase in fire-weather risk is likely at most sites over the next several decades, including the average number of days when the <a href="/wiki/McArthur_Forest_Fire_Danger_Index" title="McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index">McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index</a> rating is very high or extreme. It also found that the combined frequencies of days with very high and extreme FFDI ratings are likely to increase 4–25% by 2020 and 15–70% by 2050, and that the increase in fire-weather risk is generally largest inland.<sup id="cite_ref-Fire-weather_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fire-weather-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Australian Greens</a> leader, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown" title="Bob Brown">Bob Brown</a> said that the fires were "a sobering reminder of the need for this nation and the whole world to act and put at a priority the need to tackle climate change".<sup id="cite_ref-BryanWalshTime_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BryanWalshTime-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Black Saturday Royal Commission recommended that "the amount of fuel-reduction burning done on public land each year should be more than doubled".<sup id="cite_ref-Black_Saturday_Royal_Commission_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Black_Saturday_Royal_Commission-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2018–19 Australian bushfire season">fire season in Australia</a> began in the winter. August 2018 was hotter and windier than the average. Those meteorological conditions led to a <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">drought</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>. The Government of the state already gave more than $1 billion to help the farmers. The hotter and drier climate led to more fires. The fire seasons in Australia are lengthening and fire events became more frequent in the latest 30 years. These trends are probably linked to climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019–20 Australian bushfire season</a> was by some measures Australia's "worst <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_bushfire_seasons" title="List of Australian bushfire seasons">bushfire season</a> on record".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In New South Wales, the fires burnt through more land than any other blazes in the past 25 years, in addition to being the state's worst bushfire season on record.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> NSW also experienced the longest continuously burning bushfire complex in Australia's history, having burnt more than 4&#160;million hectares (9,900,000 acres), with 70-metre-high (230&#160;ft) flames being reported.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Approximately 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by the bushfires and this made them one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. The chance of reaching the climatic conditions that fuels the fires became more than four times bigger since the year 1900 and will become eight times more likely to occur if the temperature will rise by 2 degrees from the preindustrial level.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In December 2019 the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="New South Wales Government">New South Wales Government</a> declared a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia" title="Drought in Australia">drought</a> exacerbated the bushfires.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 bushfires linked to climate change created <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">air pollution</a> 11 times higher that the hazardous level in many areas of New South Wales. Many medical groups called to protect people from "public health emergency" and moving on from fossil fuels.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Environment_Programme" title="United Nations Environment Programme">United Nations Environment Programme</a> the megafires in Australia in 2019–2020 are probably linked to climate change that created the unusually dry and hot weather conditions. This is part of a global trend. <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Federation">Russian Federation</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> all face similar problems. By the second week of January the fires burned a territory of approximately 100,000 square kilometres close to the territory of England, killed one billion animals and caused large economic damage.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Researchers claim that the exceptionally strong wildfires in 2019–2020 were impossible without the effects of climate change. More than one-fifth of Australian forests were burned in one season, which was completely unprecedented. They say that: "In the case of recent events in Australia, there is no doubt that the record temperatures of the past year would not be possible without anthropogenic influence, and that under a scenario where emissions continue to grow, such a year would be average by 2040 and exceptionally cool by 2060."<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Climate change probably also caused drier weather conditions in Australia by impacting <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Dipole" title="Indian Ocean Dipole">Indian Ocean Dipole</a>, which also increase fires. In average, below 2% of Australian forests burn annually.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Climate change has increased the likelihood of the wildfires in 2019–2020 by at least 30%, but researchers said the result is probably conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extreme_weather_events">Extreme weather events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Extreme weather events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HeatAus3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HeatAus3.png/220px-HeatAus3.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HeatAus3.png/330px-HeatAus3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/HeatAus3.png/440px-HeatAus3.png 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Heatmap of Australia's land temperature anomalies since 1910</figcaption></figure> <p>Rainfall patterns and the degree of droughts and storms brought about by extreme weather conditions are likely to be affected. The CSIRO predicts that a temperature rise of between 2 and 3&#160;°C on the Australian continent could incur some of the following extreme weather occurrences, in addition to standard<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="what does standard mean here? pre-industrial? (January 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> patterns: </p> <ul><li>Wind speeds of <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">tropical cyclones</a> could intensify by 5 to 10%.<sup id="cite_ref-McInnes_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McInnes-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 100 years, strong tides would increase by 12–16% along eastern Victoria's coast.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The forest fire danger indices in New South Wales and Western Australia would grow by 10% and the forest fire danger indices in south, central and north-east Australia would increase by more than 10%.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Heatwaves">Heatwaves</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Heatwaves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A report in 2014 revealed that, due to the change in climatic patterns, heat waves were found to be increasingly more frequent and severe, with an earlier start to the season and longer duration.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since temperatures began to be recorded in 1910, they have increased by an average of 1&#160;°C, with most of this change occurring from 1950 onwards. This period has seen the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events increase.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summer 2013–14 was warmer than average for the entirety of Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-2013-14_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013-14-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both Victoria and South Australia saw record-breaking temperatures. Adelaide recorded a total of 13 days reaching 40&#160;°C or more, 11 of which reached 42&#160;°C or more, as well as its fifth-hottest day on record—45.1&#160;°C on 14 January. The number of days over 40&#160;°C beat the previous record of summer 1897–1898, when 11 days above 40&#160;°C were recorded. Melbourne recorded six days over 40&#160;°C, while nighttime temperatures were much warmer than usual, with some nights failing to drop below 30&#160;°C.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Overall, the summer of 2013–2014 was the third-hottest on record for Victoria, fifth-warmest on record for New South Wales, and sixth-warmest on record for South Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-2013-14_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013-14-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This heatwave has been directly linked to climate change, which is unusual for specific weather events.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the 2014 event, it was predicted that temperatures might increase by up to 1.5&#160;°C by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>2015 was Australia's fifth-hottest year on record, continuing the trend of record-breaking high temperatures across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Australian <a href="/wiki/Climate_Council" title="Climate Council">Climate Council</a> in 2017 Australia had its warmest winter on record, in terms of average maximum temperatures, reaching nearly 2&#160;°C above average.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> January 2019 was the hottest month ever in Australia with average temperatures exceeding 30&#160;°C (86&#160;°F).<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecosystems_and_biodiversity">Ecosystems and biodiversity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Ecosystems and biodiversity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg/220px-Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg/330px-Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg/440px-Yello_Water_Kakadu_National_Park_Australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Wetlands in <a href="/wiki/Kakadu_National_Park" title="Kakadu National Park">Kakadu National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg/220px-Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg/330px-Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg/440px-Bramble-cay-melomys.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bramble_Cay_melomys" title="Bramble Cay melomys">Bramble Cay melomys</a> has been described as the first mammal extinction due to climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Sustained climate change could have drastic effects on the <a href="/wiki/Ecoregions_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecoregions of Australia">ecosystems of Australia</a>. For example, rising ocean temperatures and continual erosion of the coasts from higher water levels will cause further <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">bleaching</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a>. Beyond that, Australia's climate will become even harsher, with more powerful tropical cyclones and longer droughts.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Climate_Change_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Climate Change (Australia)">Department of Climate Change</a> said in its Climate Change Impacts and Costs fact sheet: "...ecologically rich sites, such as the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Wet Tropics, Kakadu Wetlands, Australian Alpine areas, south-western Australia and sub- Antarctic islands are all at risk, with significant <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_loss" title="Biodiversity loss">loss of biodiversity</a> projected to occur by 2020".<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title=" (January 2021)">needs update</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> It also said: "Very conservatively, 90 Australian animal species have so far been identified at risk from climate change, including mammals, insects, birds, reptiles, fish, and amphibians from all parts of Australia." </p><p>Australia has some of the world's most diverse ecosystems and natural habitats, and it may be this variety that makes them the Earth's most fragile and at-risk when exposed to climate change. The Great Barrier Reef is a prime example. Over the past 20 years<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (January 2021)">when?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> it has experienced unparalleled rates of <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">bleaching</a>. Additional<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="additional to what? (January 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> warming of 1&#160;°C is expected to cause substantial losses of species and of associated coral communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/CSIRO" title="CSIRO">CSIRO</a> predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between 2 and 3&#160;°C will be: </p> <ul><li>97% of the Great Barrier Reef bleached annually.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>10–40% loss of principal habitat for Victoria and montane tropical vertebrate species.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>92% decrease in butterfly species' primary habitats.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>98% reduction in Bowerbird habitat in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Australia" title="Northern Australia">Northern Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>80% loss of freshwater wetlands in <a href="/wiki/Kakadu_National_Park" title="Kakadu National Park">Kakadu</a> (30&#160;cm sea level rise).<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>A study conducted in 2024, suggests that worsening climate scenarios may have significant impacts on the habitat area for vertebrates and vascular plant species in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This data suggests that in 2030, the habitat area among species appears consistent across climate scenarios, however, by 2090, a significant change is predicted, as deteriorating climate conditions are associated with reductions in habitat area for biodiversity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Great_Barrier_Reef">Great Barrier Reef</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Great Barrier Reef"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Satellite images of the Great Barrier Reef showing sea surface temperature, and chlorophyll, with the latter showing bleaching." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg/220px-GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg/330px-GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg/440px-GBReef_TempChlorophyll_200602.jpg 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="779" /></a><figcaption>Water temperature and <a href="/wiki/Coral_bleaching" title="Coral bleaching">coral bleaching</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> in 2006.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a> could be killed as a result of the rise in water temperature forecast by the IPCC. A <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, the reef has experienced unprecedented rates of bleaching over the past two decades, and additional<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="additional to what? (January 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> warming of only 1&#160;°C is anticipated to cause considerable losses or contractions of species associated with coral communities.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lord_Howe_Island">Lord Howe Island</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Lord Howe Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The coral reefs of the World Heritage-listed <a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island" title="Lord Howe Island">Lord Howe Island</a> could be killed as a result of the rise in water temperature forecast by the IPCC.<sup id="cite_ref-Bleaching_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bleaching-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of April 2019, approximately 5% of the coral is dead.<sup id="cite_ref-Coral_Bleaching_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coral_Bleaching-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impacts_on_people">Impacts on people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Impacts on people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_impacts">Economic impacts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Economic impacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Economy"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economic_impacts_of_climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic impacts of climate change">Economic impacts of climate change</a></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Commission" title="Climate Commission">Climate Commission</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Council" title="Climate Council">Climate Council</a>) report in 2013, the extreme heatwaves, flooding and bushfires striking Australia have been intensified by climate change and will get worse in future in terms of their impacts on people, property, communities and the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Angry_Summer" title="Angry Summer">summer of 2012/2013</a> included the hottest summer, hottest month and hottest day on record. The cost of the 2009 bushfires in Victoria was estimated at A$4.4bn (£3bn) and the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Queensland_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="2010–11 Queensland floods">Queensland floods of 2010/2011</a> cost over A$5bn.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 the Treasurer and the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Climate_Change_and_Water" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Climate Change and Water">Minister for Climate Change and Water</a> released a report that concluded the economy will grow with an <a href="/wiki/Emissions_trading_scheme" class="mw-redirect" title="Emissions trading scheme">emissions trading scheme</a> in place.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A report released in October 2009 by the Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts, studying the effects of a 1-metre sea level rise, quite possible within the next 30–60 years, concluded that around 700,000 properties around Australia, including 80,000 buildings, would be inundated, the collective value of these properties is estimated at $155 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences published a report about the impact of climate change on the profitability of the Australian agriculture, saying that the profit of the Australian farms was cut by 22% due to climate change in the years 2000–2019.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 2022 IPCC report Australia will lose billions of dollars due to loss of life, and physical damages. These natural disasters are caused by climate change and increasing global warming will worsen these events. The report estimates that under 2 degrees of warming Australia will lose $115 billion in the next decade, and $350 billion in the next twenty years. If warming goes up to under 3 degrees of warming Australia's economy will lose $200 billion and $600 billion by 2042.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Agriculture_forestry_and_livestock">Agriculture forestry and livestock</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Agriculture forestry and livestock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Small changes caused by <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a>, such as a longer growing season, a more temperate climate and increased CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub> concentrations, may benefit Australian crop agriculture and forestry in the short term.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> However, such benefits are unlikely to be sustained with increasingly severe effects of global warming. Changes in precipitation and consequent water management problems will further exacerbate Australia's current water availability and quality challenges, both for commercial and residential use.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CSIRO predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between 3 and 4&#160;°C will be: </p> <ul><li>32% possibility of diminished wheat production (without adaptation).<sup id="cite_ref-CSIRO_2001_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSIRO_2001-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>45% probability of wheat crop value being beneath present levels (without adaptation).<sup id="cite_ref-CSIRO_2001_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSIRO_2001-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>55% of primary habitat lost for Eucalyptus.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>25–50% rise in common timber yield in cool and wet parts of South Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-CSIRO_1999_pp._62_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSIRO_1999_pp._62-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>25–50% reduction in common timber yield in North Queensland and the Top End.<sup id="cite_ref-CSIRO_1999_pp._62_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSIRO_1999_pp._62-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>6% decrease in Australian net primary production (for 20% precipitation decrease)</li> <li>128% increase in tick-associated losses in net cattle production weight.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Electricity_demand">Electricity demand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Electricity demand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Use of domestic <a href="/wiki/Air_conditioning" title="Air conditioning">air conditioners</a> during severe heatwaves can double electricity demand, placing great stress on electricity generation and transmission networks, and lead to <a href="/wiki/Load_shedding" class="mw-redirect" title="Load shedding">load shedding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, <a href="/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">bushfires</a> can damage electricity lines, while repairing power poles and power line damages is often restricted during hot and dry weather because of high fire risks.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impacts_on_housing">Impacts on housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Impacts on housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Settlements_and_infrastructure">Settlements and infrastructure</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Settlements and infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Global warming could lead to substantial alterations in climate extremes, such as tropical cyclones, heat waves and severe precipitation events. This would degrade infrastructure and raise costs through intensified energy demands, maintenance for damaged transportation infrastructure, and disasters, such as <a href="/wiki/Coastal_flooding" title="Coastal flooding">coastal flooding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">&#58;&#8202;5&#8202;</span></sup> In the coastal zone, <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> and storm surge may be more critical drivers of these changes than either temperature or precipitation.<sup id="cite_ref-Preston_Jones_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preston_Jones-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 20">&#58;&#8202;20&#8202;</span></sup> </p><p>The CSIRO describes the additional impact on settlements and infrastructure for rises in temperature of only 1 to 2&#160;°C: A 22% rise in 100-year storm surge height around <a href="/wiki/Cairns" title="Cairns">Cairns</a>; as a result, the area flooded doubles.<sup id="cite_ref-McInnes_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McInnes-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Human_settlements">Human settlements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Human settlements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Climate change will have a higher impact on Australia's coastal communities, due to the concentration of population, commerce and industry. Climate modelling suggests that a temperature rise of 1–2&#160;°C will result in more intense storm winds, including those from tropical cyclones.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Combine this with sea level rise, and the result is greater flooding, due to higher levels of storm surge and wind speed.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The impact of climate change on insurance against catastrophes. Proceedings of Living with Climate Change Conference. Canberra, 19 December.) Tourism of coastal areas may also be affected by coastal inundation and <a href="/wiki/Coastal_erosion" title="Coastal erosion">beach erosion</a>, as a result of sea level rise and storm events. At higher levels of warming, coastal impacts become more severe with higher storm winds and sea levels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Property">Property</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Property"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A report released in October 2009 by the Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the arts, studying the effects of a 1-metre sea level rise, possible within the next 30–60 years, concluded that around 700,000 properties around Australia, including 80,000 buildings, would be inundated. The collective value of these properties is estimated at $150 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1-metre sea level rise would have massive impacts, not just on property and associated economic systems, but in displacement of human populations throughout the continent. Queensland is the state most at risk due to the presence of valuable beachfront housing.<sup id="cite_ref-agce_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agce-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impacts_on_foreign_policy_and_national_security">Impacts on foreign policy and national security</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Impacts on foreign policy and national security"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several prominent reports and decision makers are concerned that climate change affects Australia’s <a href="/wiki/National_security" title="National security">national security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:16_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:17_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2023 assessment of the Australian <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_Intelligence" title="Office of National Intelligence">Office of National Intelligence</a> on the security implications of climate change (commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a>) remains classified.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These concerns are tied to broader debates about <a href="/wiki/Climate_security" title="Climate security">climate security</a>. </p><p>Climate change is unlikely to trigger large-scale <a href="/wiki/Human_migration" title="Human migration">migration</a> movements to Australia. Research shows that people adversely affected by climate change often lack the resources to migrate over large distances (they are adapt in-situ or move to nearby places).<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This is particularly the case for Australia, which is an island nation with <a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Australia" title="Immigration to Australia">tough border controls and immigration policies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:16_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:16-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Climate change can cause major challenges to Australia’s foreign policies. Pacific Island countries, which are highly vulnerable to climate change, have repeatedly blamed Australia for not being active enough in <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">mitigating</a> climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With geopolitical tensions between <a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93China_relations" title="Australia–China relations">Australia and China</a> on the rise, these countries are of high relevance for the Australian government.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, existing data suggest that several countries in Australia’s neighbourhood (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">the Philippines</a>, large parts of <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>) and some key partner governments (e.g., <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>) are very vulnerable to climate-related unrest and conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several reports also warn that climate change poses significant challenges to the capacities of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a>. Many military bases are located close to the coastline, which is threatened by <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea-level rise</a> and more intense storms. Civilian infrastructure relevant to military operations (like transports networks and power lines) is also adversely affected by climate change, for instance when <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">floods</a> wash away key supply roads. More extreme heat days complicate military training and put a heavier toll on equipment, particularly in northern Australia. Finally, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian Defence Force</a> will be called upon more often to provide disaster relief within the country and internationally, further straining its resources.<sup id="cite_ref-:14_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:14-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:17_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:17-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_impacts">Health impacts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Health impacts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming_on_human_health" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of global warming on human health">Effects of global warming on human health</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg/220px-Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg/330px-Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg/440px-Tuvalu_woman_speaking_on_the_climate_threat_her_culture_and_nation_face.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1392" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Refugees from Pacific Islands such as <a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a> are projected to increase.</figcaption></figure> <p>The CSIRO predicts that the additional results in Australia of a temperature rise of between only 1 and 2&#160;°C will be:<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Southward spread of <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a> receptive zones.</li> <li>Risk of <a href="/wiki/Dengue_fever" title="Dengue fever">dengue fever</a> among Australians increases from 170,000 people to 0.75–1.6 million.</li> <li>10% increase in <a href="/wiki/Diarrhoeal_diseases" class="mw-redirect" title="Diarrhoeal diseases">diarrhoeal diseases</a> among Aboriginal children in central Australia.</li> <li>100% increase in a number of people exposed to flooding in Australia.</li> <li>Increased influx of refugees from the Pacific Islands.</li></ul> <p>Based on some predictions for 2070, data suggests that people who are not accustomed to the warmer climate may experience as much as 45 days per year where they are unable to tolerate being outside, compared to the current 4–6 days per year.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Impacts_on_indigenous_Australians">Impacts on indigenous Australians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: Impacts on indigenous Australians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_and_indigenous_peoples" title="Climate change and indigenous peoples">Climate change and indigenous peoples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australians</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous Australians</a> have a millennia long history of responding and adapting to social and environmental changes. Indigenous Australians have a high level of situated <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> and historical knowledge about climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the exposure of Indigenous Australians to climate change impacts is exacerbated by existing socio-economic disadvantages which are linked to colonial and post-colonial marginalisation.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of these changes include a rise in sea levels, getting hotter and for a longer period of time, and more severe cyclones during the cyclone season.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Climate issues include <a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">wild fires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heat_wave" title="Heat wave">heatwaves</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">floods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">rising sea levels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">rising temperatures</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Erosion" title="Erosion">erosion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The communities most affected by climate changes are those in the North where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 30% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a> and Torres Strait Islander communities located in the coastal north are the most disadvantaged due to social and economic issues and their reliance on traditional land for food, culture, and health. This has begged the question for many community members in these regions, should they move away from this area or remain present.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Aboriginal people live in rural and remote agricultural areas across Australia, especially in the Northern and Southern areas of the continent.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are a variety of different climate impacts on different Aboriginal communities which includes cyclones in the Northern region and flooding in Central Australia which negatively impacts cultural sites and therefore the relationship between indigenous people and the places that hold their <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other effects include sea level rise, loss of land and hunting ground, changes in fire regimes, increased severity and duration of wet and dry seasons as well as reduced numbers of animals in the sea, rivers and creeks.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vulnerability">Vulnerability</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: Vulnerability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The vulnerability comes from remote location where indigenous groups live, lower socio-economic status, and reliance of natural systems for economic needs.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Disadvantages which are compounding Indigenous peoples vulnerability to climate change include inadequate health and educational services, limited employment opportunities as well as insufficient infrastructure. Top down institutions have also restricted Indigenous Australians ability to contribute to climate policy frameworks and have their culture and practices recognised.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_(40419621683).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg/220px-Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg/330px-Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg/440px-Indigenous_land_management_not_corporate_greed_-_-_Melbourne_climate_strike_-_IMG_4063_%2840419621683%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A protest sign reads "Indigenous land management not corporate greed" at the Melbourne Climate Strike.</figcaption></figure> <p>Many of the economic, political, and social-ecological issues present in indigenous communities are long term effects from colonialism and the continued marginalization of these communities. These issues are aggravated by climate change and environmental changes in their respective regions.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Indigenous people are seen as particularly <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_vulnerability" title="Climate change vulnerability">vulnerable to climate change</a> because they already live in poverty, poor housing and have poor educational and health services, other socio-political factors place them at risk for climate change impacts.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Indigenous people have been portrayed as victims and as vulnerable populations for many years by the media.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aboriginal Australians believe that they have always been able to adapt to climate changes in their geographic areas.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many communities have argued for more community input into strategies and ways to adapt to climate issues instead of top down approaches to combating issues surrounding environmental change.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This includes self-determination and agency when deciding how to respond to climate change including proactive actions.<sup id="cite_ref-:23_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:23-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Indigenous people have also commented on the need to maintain their physical and mental well-being in order to adapt to climate change which can be helped through the kinship relationships between community members and the land they occupy.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Australia, Aboriginal people have argued that in order for the government to combat climate change, their voices must be included in policy making and governance over traditional land.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Much of the government and institutional policies related to climate change and <a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Australia" title="Environmental issues in Australia">environmental issues in Australia</a> has been done so through a top down approach.<sup id="cite_ref-:82_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Indigenous communities have stated that this limits and ignores Aboriginal Australian voices and approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:82_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Due to <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> held by these communities and elders within those communities, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_ecological_knowledge" title="Traditional ecological knowledge">traditional ecological knowledge</a> and frameworks are necessary to combat these and a variety of different environmental issues.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Heat_and_drought">Heat and drought</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: Heat and drought"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg/220px-Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg/330px-Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg/440px-Yanderra_Bushfire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>"The Green Wattle Creek bushfire moves towards the Southern Highlands township of Yanderra in Southern Australia as police evacuate residents from Yanderra Road"</figcaption></figure> <p>Fires and <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia" title="Drought in Australia">droughts in Australia</a>, including the Northern regions, occur mostly in savannas because of current environmental changes in the region. The majority of the fire prone areas in the savanna region are owned by Aboriginal Australian communities, the traditional stewards of the land.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aboriginal Australians have traditional landscape management methods including burning and clearing the savanna areas which are the most susceptible to fires.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Traditional landscape management declined in the 19th century as Western landscape management took over.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_126-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Today, traditional landscape management has been revitalized by Aboriginal Australians, including elders. This traditional landscape practices include the use of clearing and burning to get rid of old growth. Though the way in which indigenous communities in this region manage the landscape has been banned, Aboriginal Australian communities who use these traditional methods actually help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_126-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Impact_of_climate_change_on_health">Impact of climate change on health</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: Impact of climate change on health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Increased temperatures, wildfires, and <a href="/wiki/Drought_in_Australia" title="Drought in Australia">drought</a> are major issues in regard to the health of Aboriginal Australian communities. Heat poses a major risk to elderly members of communities in the North.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This includes issues such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many of the rural indigenous communities have faced thermal stress and increased issues surrounding access to water resources and ecological landscapes. This impacts the relationship between Aboriginal Australians and biodiversity, as well as impacts social and cultural aspects of society.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_127-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aboriginal Australians who live in isolated and remote traditional territories are more sensitive than non-indigenous Australians to changes that effect the ecosystems they are a part of. This is in large part due to the connection that exists between their health (including physical and mental), the health of their land, and the continued practice of traditional cultural customs.<sup id="cite_ref-:342_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:342-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aboriginal Australians have a unique and important relationship with the traditional land of their ancestors. Because of this connection, the dangerous consequences of climate change in Australia has resulted in a decline in health including mental health among an already vulnerable population.<sup id="cite_ref-:102_127-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:43_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:43-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In order to combat health disparities among these populations, community based projects and culturally relevant mental and physical health programs are necessary and should include community members when running these programs.<sup id="cite_ref-:43_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:43-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Traditional_knowledge">Traditional knowledge</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: Traditional knowledge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg/220px-Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg/330px-Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg/440px-Australian_Outback_Landscape_-_panoramio_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Australian Outback Landscape</figcaption></figure> <p>Indigenous people have always responded and adapted to climate change, including indigenous people of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Aboriginal Australian people have existed in Australia for tens of thousands of years. Due to this continual habitation, Aboriginal Australians have observed and adapted to climatic and environmental changes for millennia which uniquely positions them to be able to respond to current climate changes.<sup id="cite_ref-:53_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:53-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Though these communities have shifted and changed their practices overtime, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_ecological_knowledge" title="Traditional ecological knowledge">traditional ecological knowledge</a> exists that can benefit local and indigenous communities today.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This knowledge is part of traditional cultural and spiritual practices within these indigenous communities. The practices are directly tied to the unique relationship between Aboriginal Australians and their ecological landscapes. This relationship results in a socio-ecological system of balance between humans and nature<sup id="cite_ref-:82_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Indigenous communities in Australia have specific generational <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> about weather patterns, environmental changes and climatic changes.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:92_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:92-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:102_127-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:102-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These communities have adapted to climate change in the past and have knowledge that non-Indigenous people may be able to utilize to adapt to climate change currently and in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indigenous people have not been offered many opportunities or provided with sufficient platforms to influence and contribute their <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> to the creation of current international and local policies associated to climate change adaptation.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although, Indigenous people have pushed back on this reality, by creating their own platforms and trying to be active members in the conversation surrounding climate change including at international meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Specifically, Indigenous people of Australia have traditional knowledge to adapt to increased pressures of global environmental change.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though some of this <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> was not utilised and conceivably lost with the introduction of white settlers in the 18th century, recently communities have begun to revitalize these traditional practices.<sup id="cite_ref-:112_126-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:112-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Australian Aboriginal traditional knowledge includes language, cultural, spiritual practices, mythology and land management.<sup id="cite_ref-:92_130-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:92-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Responses_to_climate_change">Responses to climate change</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: Responses to climate change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Knowledge" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous Knowledge">Indigenous knowledge</a> has been passed down through the generations with the practice of oral tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-:62_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:62-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Given the historical relationship between the land and the people and the larger ecosystem Aboriginal Australians choose to stay and adapt in similar ways to their ancestors before them.<sup id="cite_ref-:110_124-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:110-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australians</a> have observed short and long term environmental changes and are highly aware of weather and climate changes.<sup id="cite_ref-:92_130-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:92-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Recently, elders have begun to be utilised by indigenous and non-indigenous communities to understand <a href="/wiki/Traditional_knowledge" title="Traditional knowledge">traditional knowledge</a> related to land management.<sup id="cite_ref-:122_123-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:122-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This includes seasonal knowledge means indigenous knowledge pertaining to weather, seasonal cycles of plants and animals, and land and landscape management.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:82_125-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The seasonal knowledge allows indigenous communities to combat environmental changes and may result in healthier social-ecological systems.<sup id="cite_ref-:82_125-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:82-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Much of traditional landscape and land management includes keeping the diversity of flora and fauna as traditional foodways.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Ecological calendars is one traditional framework used by Aboriginal Australian communities. These ecological calendars are way for indigenous communities to organize and communicate traditional ecological knowledge.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The ecological calendars includes seasonal weather cycles related to biological, cultural, and spiritual ways of life.<sup id="cite_ref-:72_129-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:72-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mitigation">Mitigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29" title="Edit section: Mitigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia">Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Energy_consumption_by_source,_Australia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg/250px-Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg/375px-Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg/500px-Energy_consumption_by_source%2C_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Australia" title="Energy in Australia">Energy in Australia</a> by source over time.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">Climate change mitigation</a> focuses on steps taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is the set of preventative measures taken to curb global warming and climate change. Examples would be investing in clean fuel and using <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable energy</a> such as wind and solar power. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/CSIRO" title="CSIRO">CSIRO</a> and <a href="/wiki/Garnaut_Climate_Change_Review" title="Garnaut Climate Change Review">Garnaut Climate Change Review</a>, climate change is expected to have numerous adverse effects on many species, regions, activities and much infrastructure and areas of the economy and public health in Australia. The <a href="/wiki/Stern_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Stern Report">Stern Report</a> and Garnaut Review on balance expect these to outweigh the costs of mitigation.<sup id="cite_ref-csir_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csir-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The World Resources Institute identifies policy uncertainty and over-reliance on international markets as the top threats to Australia's GHG mitigation.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emissions_reductions">Emissions reductions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=30" title="Edit section: Emissions reductions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg/220px-Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg/330px-Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg/440px-Climate_Change_Performance_Index_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2754" data-file-height="1398" /></a><figcaption>Australia has consistently ranked below most developed countries in the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_Performance_Index" title="Climate Change Performance Index">Climate Change Performance Index</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Internationally, Australia pledged as part of <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a> to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Domestically, the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Act_2011" title="Clean Energy Act 2011">Clean Energy Act 2011</a> addresses GHG with an emissions cap, carbon price, and subsidies. Emissions by the electric sector are addressed by Renewable Energy targets at multiple scales, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Renewable_Energy_Agency" title="Australian Renewable Energy Agency">Australian Renewable Energy Agency</a> (ARENA), <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Finance_Corporation" title="Clean Energy Finance Corporation">Clean Energy Finance Corporation</a> (CEFC), carbon capture and storage flagships, and feed-in tariffs on solar panels. Emissions by the industrial sector are addressed by the Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) program.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emissions by the building sector are addressed by building codes, minimum energy performance standards, Commercial Building Disclosure program, state energy-saving obligations, and the National Energy Saving Initiative. Emissions by the transportation sector are addressed by reduced fuel tax credits and vehicle emissions performance standards. Emissions by the agricultural sector are addressed by the Carbon Farming Initiative and state land-clearing laws. Emissions by the land use sector are addressed by the Clean Energy Future Package,<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which consists of the Carbon Farming Futures program, Diversity Fund, Regional Natural Resources Management Planning for Climate Change Fund, Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund, and Carbon Farming Skills program. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forestry_and_forest-related_options_for_carbon_sinks">Forestry and forest-related options for carbon sinks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=31" title="Edit section: Forestry and forest-related options for carbon sinks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Australia, forestry and forest-related options are the most significant and most easily achieved <a href="/wiki/Carbon_sink" title="Carbon sink">carbon sink</a> making up 105 Mt per year CO<sub>2</sub>-e or about 75 per cent of the total figure attainable for the Australian state of Queensland from 2010 to 2050. Among the forestry options, forestry with the primary aim of carbon storage (called carbon forestry) has the highest attainable carbon storage capacity (77 Mt CO<sub>2</sub>-e/yr) while strategy balanced with <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> plantings can return 7–12 times more native vegetation for a 10%–30% reduction of carbon storage performance.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Legal strategies to encourage this form of biosequestration include permanent protection of forests in <a href="/wiki/National_Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks">National Parks</a> or on the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_List" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage List">World Heritage List</a>, properly funded management and bans on use of <a href="/wiki/Rainforest" title="Rainforest">rainforest</a> timbers and inefficient uses such as <a href="/wiki/Woodchipping" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodchipping">woodchipping</a> <a href="/wiki/Old_growth_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Old growth forest">old growth forest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policies_and_legislation_to_achieve_mitigation">Policies and legislation to achieve mitigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=32" title="Edit section: Policies and legislation to achieve mitigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Australia#Mitigation_(policy_aspects)" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia">Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia §&#160;Mitigation (policy aspects)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Paris_Agreement">Paris Agreement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=33" title="Edit section: Paris Agreement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Paris_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris agreement">Paris agreement</a> is a legally international agreement adopted at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Climate Change conference">COP 21</a>, its main goal is to limit global warming to below 1.5&#160;°C, compared to pre-industrial levels.<sup id="cite_ref-:103_142-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:103-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nationally_Determined_Contributions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationally Determined Contributions">Nationally Determined Contributions</a> (NDCs) are the plans to fight climate change adapted for each country.<sup id="cite_ref-:113_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:113-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Every party in the agreement has different goals based on its own historical climate records and country's circumstances. All the goals for each country are stated in their NDC.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia's target regarding reductions from 2005 year levels: </p> <ul><li>26–28% reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) until 2030 from 2005 levels.<sup id="cite_ref-:622_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:622-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022 the new Australian government officially declared the update of the targets to 43% reduction by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gases covered in reductions: <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">Carbon dioxide</a> (CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub>), <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">Methane</a> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1123817410">.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output sub.template-chem2-sub{font-size:80%;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output sup.template-chem2-sup{font-size:80%;vertical-align:0.65em}</style><span class="chemf nowrap">CH<sub class="template-chem2-sub">4</sub></span>), <a href="/wiki/Nitrous_oxide" title="Nitrous oxide">Nitrous oxide</a> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1123817410"><span class="chemf nowrap">N<sub class="template-chem2-sub">2</sub>O</span>), <a href="/wiki/Hydrofluorocarbon" title="Hydrofluorocarbon">Hydrofluorocarbon</a> (HFCs), <a href="/wiki/Perfluorinated_compound" title="Perfluorinated compound">Perfluorinated compound</a> (PFCs), <a href="/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride" title="Sulfur hexafluoride">Sulfur hexafluoride</a> (SF6) and <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen_trifluoride" title="Nitrogen trifluoride">Nitrogen trifluoride</a> (NF3).<sup id="cite_ref-:622_145-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:622-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Countries have different ways to achieve the established goals depending on resources. Australia's developed approach to support the NDC climate change plan is the following:<sup id="cite_ref-:622_145-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:622-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Enabling new technologies with low emissions and promoting economic growth.</li> <li>Establish regional hydrogen exports to strengthen the country's industry and fund research in the field and enable distribution.</li> <li>Improve charging and refueling infrastructure to enable companies and fleets to integrate new more sustainable vehicle technology.</li> <li>The country has created a development fund whose purpose is for projects concerning carbon dioxide capture. The fund is for storage, use and carbon capture.</li> <li>Investments in technological development that reduces emissions in the sectors of agriculture, industry, transport and manufacturing.</li> <li>Climate solution package to increase investment in projects to generate clean energy. The package also includes extra funds to support development in the hard-to-reach sectors.</li> <li>Australia has a legalised obligation for the major emitting sectors in the country where the emissions are to be kept below their baseline.</li></ul> <p>Australia has through funds such as Australia emission reduction fund contributed with 60 million tonnes reduction of greenhouse gases.<sup id="cite_ref-:622_145-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:622-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The fund enables businesses to earn carbon credits. This is done by storing or preventing emissions through new sustainable techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-:132_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:132-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="State_legislation">State legislation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34" title="Edit section: State legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Victoria">Victoria</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35" title="Edit section: Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Climate Change Act was adopted in 2017 and is part of a broader <a href="/wiki/Environmental_law_in_Victoria" title="Environmental law in Victoria">Victorian environmental legislation</a> taking climate change into account.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It establishes a net-zero emission target by 2050 and interim targets set every five years to adapt and keep Victoria on track with the 2050 goal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptation">Adaptation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=36" title="Edit section: Adaptation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach,_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg/220px-Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg/330px-Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg/440px-Looking_south_along_the_sea_wall_at_Machans_Beach%2C_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Seawall in Machans Beach, Queensland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ClimateSummitParliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/220px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/330px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/440px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Protesters from the Climate Action Summit outside of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Canberra" title="Parliament House, Canberra">Parliament House, Canberra</a></figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change">IPCC</a>'s 2001 Assessment Report, no matter how much effort is put into mitigating climate change, some amount of climate change cannot be avoided. The report shared that <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_adaptation" title="Climate change adaptation">climate change adaptation</a> should complement mitigation efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Adaptation is the approach that focuses on alleviating current problems brought about by global warming and climate change. It is the attempt to live with the changes in the environment and the economy that global warming has generated and will continue to generate. In short, it involves taking action to deal with the problems brought about by global warming and climate change. Examples include building better flood defences and avoiding the building of residential areas near low-lying, flood-prone areas. In cities with a proven <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_vulnerability" title="Climate change vulnerability">vulnerability to climate change</a>, investment is likely to require the strengthening of urban infrastructure, including <a href="/wiki/Storm_drain" title="Storm drain">storm drain</a> systems, water supply and treatment plants, and protection or relocation of <a href="/wiki/Solid_waste_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Solid waste management">solid waste management</a> and power generation facilities. </p><p> Coastal regions are likely to need large investment in physical infrastructure projects, specifically projects related to the effects of rising sea levels. 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NRM operate according to individual constitutions, usually by the state government and others by community associations. Their boards are appointed by either the local government or community stakeholders. NRM Planning for Climate Fund, put $13.6 million toward helping NRMs plan land use in light of climate change by building a base of detailed climatic information.<sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Programme">National Climate Change Adaptation Programme</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=39" title="Edit section: National Climate Change Adaptation Programme"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Energy_and_Emissions_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction">Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction</a> has come up with the National Climate Change Adaptation Programme which aims to work with industries, scientific organisations, residents and other governments to create workable solutions.<sup id="cite_ref-climatechange.gov.au_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climatechange.gov.au-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Some A$14&#160;million over a period of four years (2008–2012) is to be spent on this initiative. The programme has forged strong research links in at-risk areas such as the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a>. Research conducted in the Great Barrier Reef is focused on developing methods to deal with climate change to protect the reef. It is hoped that this work will create a universal model for sustainable, cost-effective reef development. According to the programme's brochure: "National greenhouse mitigation policies and programmes are projected to reduce emissions by 94 million tonnes by 2010 – the equivalent of removing every motor vehicle in Australia from the road! However, the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere and the growing emissions from around the world will affect our climate. Adaptation to climate change will complement action to reduce greenhouse gases".<sup id="cite_ref-climatechange.gov.au_152-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climatechange.gov.au-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Climate_Adaptation_Flagship">Climate Adaptation Flagship</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=40" title="Edit section: Climate Adaptation Flagship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation">Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation</a> (<a href="/wiki/CSIRO" title="CSIRO">CSIRO</a>) started the Climate Adaptation Flagship.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its aim is "enabling Australia to adapt more effectively to the impacts of climate change and variability and informing national planning, regulation and investment decisions". This is part of the National Research Flagships Program.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is designed to bring various stakeholders, i.e. research companies, industries, international connections, eminent scientists and CSIRO, together in hope of delivering practical solutions that address the pressing issues of Australia. </p><p>The Climate Adaptation Flagship project concerns both climate variability (or non-human causes, as defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change" title="United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change</a>) and climate change. The research budget for this Flagship for the year 2008–09 is close to A$30&#160;million.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There are four research prongs to this project: Pathways to adaptation; Sustainable cities and costs; Managing species and natural ecosystems; Adaptive primary industries, enterprises and communities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Climate_Change_Adaptation_Research_Facility">National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=41" title="Edit section: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) is hosted by <a href="/wiki/Griffith_University" title="Griffith University">Griffith University</a> in Queensland and "leads the research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate the information needed by decision-makers in government and in vulnerable sectors and communities to manage the risks of climate change impacts".<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The key roles of NCCARF include: </p> <ul><li>developing National Adaptation Research Plans to identify critical gaps in the information available to decision-makers</li> <li>synthesising existing and emerging national and international research on climate change impacts and adaptation and developing targeted communication products</li> <li>undertaking a program of Integrative Research to address national priorities, and</li> <li>establishing and maintaining Adaptation Research Networks to link together key researchers and assist them in focusing on national research priorities.</li></ul> <p>The facility is a partnership between the Australian government's Department of Climate Change and Griffith University, with a consortium of funding partners and universities drawn from across the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Local_Adaptations_Pathway_Program">The Local Adaptations Pathway Program</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=42" title="Edit section: The Local Adaptations Pathway Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian government is of the view that local government is critical in managing the impacts of climate change and seeks to assist local councils in studying and applying adaptation options. The programme is the Australian government's initiative to enable councils to go through climate change risk assessments and come up with action plans to prepare for the impacts the phenomenon may have on local society. Up to A$50,000 will be released. A list of councils successful in procuring the funding is provided on the programme's website.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policies_and_legislation">Policies and legislation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=43" title="Edit section: Policies and legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:40%; border-width: 1px; font-size: 100%; color: #202122;background-color: #f0f0ff;"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #202122;background-color: #f0f0ff; color: #202060;"><i>Fossil Fuels and the Greenhouse Effect</i><br />November 1981</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><span class="nowrap">&#160;&#160;&#160;</span> Carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuels enters the atmosphere... Scientists now agree that if such emission continues it will some time in the next century lead to a discernible 'greenhouse effect' whereby the earth's atmosphere becomes measurably warmer with related climatic changes.<br /> <span class="nowrap">&#160;&#160;&#160;</span> ... (T)he carbon dioxide problem is likely sooner or later to arouse public concerns and so engage the attention of governments. ... Public attention to the problem is likely to increase as scientific research results are published and are sensationalised by the press and others.<sup id="cite_ref-ONA_1981_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONA_1981-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div style="padding-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0.5em"><cite class="right-aligned" style="">—Michael Cook, Director-General<br /><a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_Assessments" title="Office of National Assessments">Office of National Assessments</a> (intelligence agency)</cite></div> </div> <p>In November 1981, the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_Assessments" title="Office of National Assessments">Office of National Assessments</a> (intelligence agency) presented prime minister <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Fraser" title="Malcolm Fraser">Malcolm Fraser</a> with a classified-confidential <a href="/wiki/Risk_assessment" title="Risk assessment">assessment</a> noting scientific acceptance of the <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_effect" title="Greenhouse effect">greenhouse effect</a> and resultant "measurably warmer" temperatures and "related climatic changes", and also projecting effects of possible doubling and quadrupling of atmospheric CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub> levels by the middle and end of the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-ONA_1981_158-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONA_1981-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The assessment focused on the implications for the country's fossil fuel industry.<sup id="cite_ref-ONA_1981_158-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONA_1981-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was clear Australian consensus about the need for action on climate change between the two major political parties. However, following the 1991 recession, incoming right wing governments began framing science of climate change as a continuing debate. In 1997, Australia joined the United States as the only countries to not ratify the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol" title="Kyoto Protocol">Kyoto Protocol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MarkButler_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarkButler-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With voters influenced by events like the <a href="/wiki/2000s_Australian_drought" title="2000s Australian drought">Millennium drought</a> and 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth" title="An Inconvenient Truth">An Inconvenient Truth</a></i>, both parties went to the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 election</a> promising action on climate change, with the then opposition calling climate change the "greatest moral, economic and social challenge of our time". The incumbent Howard government lost, and the incoming Labor government immediately ratified the Kyoto Protocol. In 2009, before a bill could be passed, with the support of opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a>, the opposition changed leaders to <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a>, and supported by <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">The Greens</a> but for the opposite reason that Rudd's scheme was too weak and potentially locked in failure, blocked Rudd's <a href="/wiki/Carbon_Pollution_Reduction_Scheme" title="Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme">Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MarkButler_159-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarkButler-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, the Rudd government decided to delay the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Carbon_Pollution_Reduction_Scheme" title="Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme">Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme</a> (CPRS) until the end of the first commitment period of the <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol" title="Kyoto Protocol">Kyoto Protocol</a> (ending in 2012).<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They cited the lack of bipartisan support for the CPRS and slow international progress on climate action as the reasons for the decision.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In turn, the delay was strongly criticised by the Federal Opposition<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as well as community and grassroots action groups such as <a href="/wiki/GetUp" class="mw-redirect" title="GetUp">GetUp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/2009_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference">Copenhagen Summit</a>, the Rudd was replaced by Gillard as prime minister, who stated that "there will be no '<a href="/wiki/Carbon_tax" title="Carbon tax">carbon tax</a>' under the government I lead".<sup id="cite_ref-MarkButler_159-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarkButler-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/330px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/495px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg/660px-20210626_Variwide_chart_of_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita_by_country.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption> Among countries that emit high levels of greenhouse gas, Australia is among the highest <i>per person</i> emitters.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gillard_government" title="Gillard government">Gillard Labor government</a> established several government entities to manage Australia's response to climate change: </p> <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_Authority" title="Climate Change Authority">Climate Change Authority</a>, an independent statutory body that provides advice and performs research for the federal government on climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Regulator" title="Clean Energy Regulator">Clean Energy Regulator</a>, an independent statutory body that administers federal government schemes to measure and reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Renewable_Energy_Agency" title="Australian Renewable Energy Agency">Australian Renewable Energy Agency</a> (ARENA), a corporate body that manages renewable energy programs.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Finance_Corporation" title="Clean Energy Finance Corporation">Clean Energy Finance Corporation</a> (CEFC), a government-owned corporation that invests in clean energy technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>In 2011, Parliament passed the <i><a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Act_2011" title="Clean Energy Act 2011">Clean Energy Act 2011</a></i>, which introduced <a href="/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia" title="Carbon pricing in Australia">carbon pricing in Australia</a>, colloquially known as a 'carbon tax'. It required large businesses, defined as those emitting over 25,000 tons of<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_equivalent" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon dioxide equivalent">carbon dioxide equivalent</a> annually, to purchase emissions permits. The strong backlash led by opposition leader Abbott led to her being replaced as leader by Rudd, then Abbott at the next election. Under his leadership, Australia became the first country to repeal a carbon pricing program.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Abbott was replaced as prime minister by <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications_(Australia)" title="Minister for Communications (Australia)">Minister for Communications</a> Malcolm Turnbull under the condition that his climate policy would not change.<sup id="cite_ref-MarkButler_159-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarkButler-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Australia attended the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a> and adopted the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a>. In limiting further action on climate change, Australia joined Russia, Turkey and Brazil in citing US <a href="/wiki/President_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="President Trump">President Trump</a>'s promise to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Turnbull was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> as leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party</a> and prime minister. Morrison won the <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019 election</a> with an unchanged climate policy.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021, the <i>Sustainable Development Report 2021</i> scored Australia last out of 193 United Nations member countries for action taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, scoring 10 out of 100 in an assessment of fossil fuel emissions, emissions associated with imports and exports, and policies for pricing carbon.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_20210701_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_20210701-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2022, the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> lost the <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">federal election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Albanese" title="Anthony Albanese">Anthony Albanese</a>. In a machinery of government change, a new Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water will be established.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The new government committed to a 43% reduction in Australia's emissions by 2030 (compared to 2005 levels), and <a href="/wiki/Net-zero_emissions" title="Net-zero emissions">net zero emissions</a> by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_of_climate_change_policy_in_Australia">History of climate change policy in Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=44" title="Edit section: History of climate change policy in Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Domestic action to address climate change in Australia began in 1989, when Senator <a href="/wiki/Graham_Richardson" title="Graham Richardson">Graham Richardson</a> proposed the first greenhouse gas emission reduction target of 20% by 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Australian Government rejected this target. In 1990, Ros Kelly and Jon Kerin announced that the Australian Government would adhere to the goals initially proposed by Richardson but not to any economic detriment.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia signed the UNFCCC in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was followed by the release of the National Greenhouse Response Strategy (NGRS), which provided states and territories with the mechanisms to adhere to UNFCCC emission guidelines.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Australia attended the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Berlin in March 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Throughout the 1990s, Australia regularly failed to meet its own emission targets and those set by the UNFCCC.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_John_Howard" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister John Howard">Prime Minister John Howard</a> announced that by 2010, an additional 2% of electricity would be sustainably sourced.<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The following year, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Greenhouse_Office" title="Australian Greenhouse Office">Australian Greenhouse Office</a> (AGO) was established to monitor greenhouse gas reductions.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The AGO later combined with the Department of Environment and Heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In April 1998, Australia became a party to the Kyoto Declaration. The Declaration was ratified in 2007 under <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Prime Minister Kevin Rudd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000, the Federal Government introduced the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_renewable_energy_target" title="Mandatory renewable energy target">Mandatory Renewable Energy Target</a> program, which aimed to sustainably source 10% of electrical energy by 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2011, the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target program was divided into the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target and the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In January 2003, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_New_South_Wales" title="Government of New South Wales">New South Wales State Government</a> implemented the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme (GGRS), which allowed carbon emissions to be traded.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ClimateSummitParliament.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/248px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg" decoding="async" width="248" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/372px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/ClimateSummitParliament.jpg/496px-ClimateSummitParliament.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Protests against the CPRS in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>Under Rudd, the Labor Government proposed the <a href="/wiki/Carbon_Pollution_Reduction_Scheme" title="Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme">Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme</a>, which was intended to take effect in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This scheme was rejected by the Greens for being too permissive and by Tony Abbott's Coalition for being economically detrimental.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_177-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Under <a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Prime Minister Julia Gillard</a>, the Labor Party passed the <a href="/wiki/Clean_Energy_Act_2011" title="Clean Energy Act 2011">Clean Energy Act 2011</a> to establish a carbon tax and put a price on greenhouse gas emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-:25_177-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:25-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This carbon tax was a divisive partisan issue.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, the Coalition ran a campaign to repeal the carbon tax. Upon election victory in September 2013, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Prime Minister Tony Abbott</a> passed the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill.<sup id="cite_ref-:15_175-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:15-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In replacement of the carbon tax, Abbott introduced the Direct Action Scheme to financially reward businesses for voluntarily reducing their carbon emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-:84_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:84-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This was followed by a decision not to participate in the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-19).<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia became a party to the Paris Agreement in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:84_181-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:84-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the agreement, Australia committed to reducing its emissions by 26% by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-:84_181-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:84-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> was criticised for a lack of commitment to addressing climate change while taking a vacation during the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019 bushfires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_cooperation">International cooperation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=45" title="Edit section: International cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States,_in_Glasgow,_Scotland_on_November_02,_2021_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg/220px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg/330px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg/440px-The_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_launch_of_the_Infrastructure_for_Resilient_Island_States%2C_in_Glasgow%2C_Scotland_on_November_02%2C_2021_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1011" /></a><figcaption>Australian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> (second from right) seated with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Bainimarama" title="Frank Bainimarama">Frank Bainimarama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Holness" title="Andrew Holness">Andrew Holness</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Cop26" class="mw-redirect" title="Cop26">COP26</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Internationally, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Australia">Australia</a> contributed to the creation of the Asia Pacific Rain Forest Partnership, <a href="/wiki/International_Coral_Reef_Initiative" title="International Coral Reef Initiative">International Coral Reef Initiative</a>, International Partnership for Blue Carbon, Mission Innovation, Clean Energy Ministerial Forum, <a href="/wiki/International_Solar_Alliance" title="International Solar Alliance">International Solar Alliance</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kigali_Amendment" title="Kigali Amendment">Kigali Amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Protocol" title="Montreal Protocol">Montreal Protocol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The government has also provided $1 billion to assist <a href="/wiki/Developing_country" title="Developing country">developing countries</a> in reducing GHG emissions, partly through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change <a href="/wiki/Green_Climate_Fund" title="Green Climate Fund">Green Climate Fund</a>. Australia's scientists also provide data on climate, emissions, impacts, and mitigation options for the <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change" title="Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> assessments.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a>, Australia has committed to reducing emission by 26-28% below 2005 levels. This would mean reducing emissions by half per capita and by two-thirds across the economy. The Department of Environment and Energy noted in a 2017 review that no one policy could achieve what multiple, sector-specific ones have. This approach has manifested in Australia meeting its first Kyoto Protocol target. Australia is now bound to reducing emissions to at least 5% by 2020 under the Copenhagen Accord and Cancun Agreements and 0.5% less than 1990 levels by 2020 under their second target for the Kyoto Protocol.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>While Australia opposed a 1.5&#160;°C target at the 2015 negotiations for the Paris Agreement, in 2019, they supported the Kainaki II Declaration of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a>, which included this target.<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2022, Australia discussed hosting <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_conference" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Climate Change conference">COP29</a> with its Pacific island neighbours in 2024 at the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2023 it was announced that Australia will offer 280 Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change permanent residency in Australia per year, as part of a <a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Tuvalu_relations#Australia–Tuvalu_Falepili_Union" title="Australia–Tuvalu relations">broad bilateral deal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=46" title="Edit section: Society and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=47" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Global_warming_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming controversy">Global warming controversy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg/330px-20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg/495px-20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg/660px-20220831_Climate_change_is_a_%22major_threat%22_to_my_country_-_Pew_survey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption> Australia is second only to the <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_United_States" title="Climate change in the United States">United States</a> in the degree of internal <a href="/wiki/Politicization_of_science" title="Politicization of science">political division</a> about the seriousness of climate change, with <a href="/wiki/Right-wing_politics" title="Right-wing politics">right-wing</a> opinion being more negative than most other nations.<sup id="cite_ref-Pew_20220831_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pew_20220831-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Despite the support of a clear <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change" title="Scientific consensus on climate change">scientific consensus</a>, climate change has been a divisive or controversial issue in <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Australia" title="Politics of Australia">Australian politics</a> since the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It has sometimes been referred to as a "<a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture war</a>" in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_Australia" title="Conservatism in Australia">Conservatives</a> have generally opposed climate mitigation policies and renewable energy, instead favouring or supporting the country's <a href="/wiki/Coal_in_Australia" title="Coal in Australia">coal</a> and fossil fuels industries, which make up a large part of the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Proposed <a href="/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia" title="Carbon pricing in Australia">carbon pricing</a> during the premiership of <a href="/wiki/Julia_Gillard" title="Julia Gillard">Julia Gillard</a> proved highly divisive, and was later repealed under <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_191-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Climate change was a key issue in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 federal election</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teal_independents" title="Teal independents">teal independents</a> made gains in part due to promoting environmental policies.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_192-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_Australia" title="Conservatism in Australia">Australian conservatives</a>, with the support of strongly climate-skeptical <a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Australia" title="Mass media in Australia">media</a>, have long opposed climate change mitigation and changes to <a href="/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Australia" title="Energy policy of Australia">energy policy</a>. This is partly a strategy to foster the support of the country's <a href="/wiki/Coal_in_Australia" title="Coal in Australia">coal</a> and the fossil fuel industry, which are highly influential and a large employer in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:13_194-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:13-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:22_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:22-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Activism">Activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=48" title="Edit section: Activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Environmental_movement_in_Australia" title="Environmental movement in Australia">Environmental movement in Australia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_(51645897701).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg/220px-Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg/330px-Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg/440px-Australia_Climate_Pariah_-_Flag_Burning_Action_%2851645897701%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7952" data-file-height="5304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Extinction_Rebellion" title="Extinction Rebellion">Extinction Rebellion</a> protesting Australia's climate change policies at the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_Melbourne" title="Parliament House, Melbourne">Victorian Parliament</a>, Melbourne, in 2021</figcaption></figure><p><a href="/wiki/Climate_movement" title="Climate movement">Climate change protests</a> have taken place in Australia during the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg/220px-Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg/330px-Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg/440px-Climate_Rally_flows_down_Swanston_street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Walk Against Warming in Melbourne, December 2009</figcaption></figure><p>In 2005, with support from <a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia" title="Uniting Church in Australia">Uniting Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Earthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Earthcare">Catholic Earthcare</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Conservation_Foundation" title="Australian Conservation Foundation">Australian Conservation Foundation</a> and the National Council of Churches Australia produced a brochure, <i>Changing Climate, Changing Creation</i>, which was distributed to churches across the country to call for action on climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rising_Tide_North_America" title="Rising Tide North America">Rising Tide</a> held <a href="/wiki/Environmental_direct_action" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental direct action">environmental direct action</a> protests in February 2007, where more than 100 small and medium-sized craft, including swimmers and people on surfboards, gathered in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales" title="Newcastle, New South Wales">Newcastle</a> harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Young people from the Real Action On Climate Change shut down two coal-fired power stations in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2009 "Walk Against Warming" drew 40,000 participants in Melbourne.<sup id="cite_ref-200" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sydney_strike_(48763501892)_-_perspective-cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg/220px-Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg/330px-Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg/440px-Sydney_strike_%2848763501892%29_-_perspective-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="1872" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/September_2019_climate_strikes" title="September 2019 climate strikes">September 2019 climate strike</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>. The protests were among the largest in Australian history.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Say_Yes_demonstrations" title="Say Yes demonstrations">Say Yes demonstrations</a> took place on 5 June 2011, in which 45,000 people demonstrated in every major city nationwide in support of <a href="/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia" title="Carbon pricing in Australia">carbon pricing policies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Thousands of Australian children took part in <a href="/wiki/School_Strike_for_Climate" class="mw-redirect" title="School Strike for Climate">school strikes for climate</a> in 2018 and 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/September_2019_climate_strikes" title="September 2019 climate strikes">September 2019 climate strikes</a> attracted an estimated 180,000 to 300,000 participants across eight Australian capital cities and 140 urban centres, making it one of the largest protests in the country's history and one of the largest climate protests globally. Approximately 2,500 businesses also took part.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The response to the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019–20 Australian bushfire season</a> sparked protests in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Victoria, Brisbane, Hobart, and outside the <a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Australia,_London" title="High Commission of Australia, London">Australian High Commission</a> in London. Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> was criticised for climate denial in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">bushfires</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Extinction_Rebellion" title="Extinction Rebellion">Extinction Rebellion</a> held rallies in London, Berlin, Madrid, Copenhagen and Stockholm calling for stronger climate action.<sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Direct action group <a href="/wiki/Blockade_Australia" title="Blockade Australia">Blockade Australia</a> began disruptive activism in 2021 and 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>210<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2023 another Rising Tide water blockade was held in Newcastle during which 3000 people took part and 109 were arrested. Despite the introduction of tougher penalties in New South Wales for such activity the majority of those facing court received dismissals with no conviction with magistrates acknowledging the protesters as “valuable contributors to society" and commending their “muscular good character.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>211<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Litigation">Litigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=49" title="Edit section: Litigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_litigation" title="Climate change litigation">Climate change litigation</a></div> <p>Groups including Rising Tide and Queensland Conservation have initiated legal challenges to coal mines under the Commonwealth EPBC legislation. In late 2006, Queensland Conservation lodged an objection to the greenhouse gas emissions from a large coal mine expansion proposed by Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd. QC's action aimed to have the true costs of the greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining recognised. The Newlands Coal Mine Expansion will produce 28.5&#160;million tonnes of coal over its fifteen years of operation. The mining, transport and use of this coal will emit 84 million tonnes of CO<sub style="font-size: 80%;vertical-align: -0.35em">2</sub> into the atmosphere. Queensland Conservation aims to have reasonable and practical measures imposed on new mines to avoid, reduce or offset the emissions from the mining, transport and use of their coal. The Land and Resources Tribunal ruled against the case.<sup id="cite_ref-212" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-212"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>212<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=50" title="Edit section: Media coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_climate_change#Australia" title="Media coverage of climate change">Media coverage of climate change § Australia</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Media_coverage_of_climate_change&amp;action=edit#Australia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <p><a href="/wiki/Australian_media" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian media">Australian news outlets</a> have been reported to present misleading claims and information.<sup id="cite_ref-213" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-213"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>213<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One article from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i> in 2009 claimed that climate change and global warming were fraudulent claims pushed by so-called "warmaholics".<sup id="cite_ref-214" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-214"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>214<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many other examples of claims that dismiss climate change have been posted by media outlets in Australia throughout the years following as well.<sup id="cite_ref-215" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-215"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>215<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-216" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-216"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>216<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-217" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-217"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>217<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 2013 summer and heat wave colloquially known as "<a href="/wiki/Angry_Summer" title="Angry Summer">Angry Summer</a>" attracted a great deal of media attention, although few outlets directly linked the unprecedented heat to climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-218" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-218"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>218<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the world entered into 2020, global media coverage of climate change issues decreased and <a href="/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 coverage</a> increased. In Australia there was a 34% decrease in climate change articles published from March 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Media_coverage_of_climate_change_Nacu-Schmidt_219-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Media_coverage_of_climate_change_Nacu-Schmidt-219"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>219<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A 2022 analysis found that <a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Australia" title="Sky News Australia">Sky News Australia</a> was a major source of <a href="/wiki/Climate_misinformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate misinformation">climate misinformation</a> globally.<sup id="cite_ref-220" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-220"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>220<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> Australia has recently experienced some of the most intense <a href="/wiki/Bushfires_in_Australia" title="Bushfires in Australia">bushfire seasons</a> in its immediate history. This phenomenon has sparked extensive media coverage both nationally and internationally. Much of the media coverage of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">2019 and 2020 Australian bushfire seasons</a> discussed the different factors that lead to and increase the chances of extreme fire seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-221" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>221<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A climate scientist, <a href="/wiki/Nerilie_Abram" title="Nerilie Abram">Nerilie Abram</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a> explained in an article for <i><a href="/wiki/Scientific_American" title="Scientific American">Scientific American</a></i>, that the four major conditions need to exist for wildfire and those include "available fuel, dryness of that fuel, weather conditions that aid the rapid spread of fire and an ignition.<sup id="cite_ref-222" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-222"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>222<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Projected_impacts_by_location">Projected impacts by location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=51" title="Edit section: Projected impacts by location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The impacts of climate change will vary significantly across Australia. The Australian Government appointed Climate Commission have prepared summary reports on the likely impacts of climate change for regions across Australia, including: Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.<sup id="cite_ref-223" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-223"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>223<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_cities">Capital cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=52" title="Edit section: Capital cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_and_cities" title="Climate change and cities">Climate change and cities</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adelaide">Adelaide</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=53" title="Edit section: Adelaide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adelaide will get hotter and drier with rainfall predicted to decline 8% to 29% by 2090 and average temperature to increase between 4 and 0.9 degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The number of days above 35 degrees will increase by 50% in 2090 and the number of days above 40 degrees will double.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_225-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bringing it close to <a href="/wiki/Northampton,_Western_Australia" title="Northampton, Western Australia">Northampton, Western Australia</a>, for temperature and <a href="/wiki/Kadina,_South_Australia" title="Kadina, South Australia">Kadina, South Australia</a>, for rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sea levels will rise with predictions between 39 and 61&#160;cm by 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_225-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> And extreme seas are predicted to rise as well, with the CSIRO predicting buildings in Port Adelaide would need to be raised by 50 to 81&#160;cm to keep the amount of flooding incidents the same as recorded between 1986 and 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_225-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brisbane">Brisbane</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=54" title="Edit section: Brisbane"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> In a RCP 4.5 scenario Brisbane's temperature will be similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Rockhampton" title="Rockhampton">Rockhampton</a> today while rainfall will be closest to <a href="/wiki/Gympie" title="Gympie">Gympie</a>. The <a href="/wiki/CSIRO" title="CSIRO">CSIRO</a> predicts rainfall in Brisbane will fall between -23% (235&#160;mm) and -4% (45.3&#160;mm) annually by 2090 while temperature will rise between 4.2° and 0.9°.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The number of hot days and hot nights will double by 2050, with many people needing to avoid outdoor activity in summer. Further urban growth increases the number of hot nights even further.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hot nights increase deaths amongst the elderly.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_131-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall will be deposited in less frequent more intense rain events, fire days will also get more frequent while frost days will decrease.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_226-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sea levels are predicted to rise by 80&#160;cm by 2100 and there will be more frequent sea level extremes.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_226-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-226"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>226<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg/220px-Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg/330px-Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg/440px-Goldcoast_Queensland_Australia_aerial_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1839" data-file-height="1130" /></a><figcaption>Low-lying canal development on the <a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland" title="Gold Coast, Queensland">Gold Coast</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Darwin">Darwin</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=55" title="Edit section: Darwin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/Representative_Concentration_Pathway" title="Representative Concentration Pathway">RCP</a> 4.5 scenario Darwin's temperature will be similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Daly_River,_Northern_Territory" title="Daly River, Northern Territory">Daly River</a> now, with its rainfall most like that of <a href="/wiki/Milikapiti,_Northern_Territory" title="Milikapiti, Northern Territory">Milikapiti</a>. In a RCP 8.5 scenario, indicating higher greenhouse gas emissions, Darwin's temperature loses any close comparison in Australia being significantly hotter than every town in Australia is today (with the exclusion of Halls Creek in Autumn). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sydney">Sydney</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=56" title="Edit section: Sydney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Suburbs of <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> like <a href="/wiki/Manly,_New_South_Wales" title="Manly, New South Wales">Manly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Botany,_New_South_Wales" title="Botany, New South Wales">Botany</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abc_227-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Narrabeen" title="Narrabeen">Narrabeen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abc_227-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Port_Botany,_New_South_Wales" title="Port Botany, New South Wales">Port Botany</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abc_227-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Rockdale,_New_South_Wales" title="Rockdale, New South Wales">Rockdale</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-abc_227-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc-227"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>227<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which lie on rivers like the <a href="/wiki/Parramatta_River" title="Parramatta River">Parramatta</a>, face risks of flooding in low-lying areas such as parks (like Timbrell Park and Majors Bay Reserve), or massive expenses in rebuilding seawalls to higher levels. Sea levels are predicted to rise between 38 and 66&#160;cm by 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_225-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Temperature in Sydney will increase between 0.9° and 4.2°, while rainfall will decrease between -23% and -4% by 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bringing Sydney's climate close to that of <a href="/wiki/Beaudesert,_Queensland" title="Beaudesert, Queensland">Beaudesert</a> today (under a RCP 8.5 scenario).<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Different parts of Sydney will warm differently with the greatest impact expected in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney" title="Greater Western Sydney">Western Sydney</a> and Hawkesbury, these areas can expect 5 to 10 additional hot days by 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-228" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-228"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>228<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Similarly future rainfall patterns will be different to those today, with more rain expected to fall in summer and autumn and less expected in Winter and Spring. Fire danger days will increase in number by 2070.<sup id="cite_ref-229" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-229"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>229<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Melbourne">Melbourne</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=57" title="Edit section: Melbourne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_(49829097421).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg/220px-Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg/330px-Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg/440px-Smog_and_bushfire_smoke_over_Melbourne_CBD_from_MCG_%2849829097421%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Smog and bushfire smoke over Melbourne during the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season" title="2019–20 Australian bushfire season">Black Summer</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Sea levels are projected to rise between 0.37&#160;cm and 0.59&#160;cm at Williamstown (the closest covered point) by 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_225-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-225"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>225<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At the higher end of this scale areas in and around Melbourne would be impacted. With some of the most vulnerable areas being the Docklands development and several marinas and berths in Port Phillip. Melbourne's climate will become similar in terms of total rainfall and average temperature to that of Dubbo today, with temperatures warming between 0.9° and 3.8° and total annual rainfall falling between -10% and -4% by 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall patterns will also change with 20% less rainfall predicted during spring in 2050, which may impact the severity of summer bushfires.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The increases in temperature and decrease in rainfall will have a series of follow on effects on the city, including a possible 35% reduction in trees in Melbourne by 2040.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_230-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> And more frequent ambulance callouts and more deaths due to heatwaves. Climate change will cost Melbourne City $12.6bn by 2050<sup id="cite_ref-:8_230-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-230"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>230<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and be closer to <a href="/wiki/Wangaratta" title="Wangaratta">Wangaratta</a>'s climate.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_231-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Perth">Perth</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=58" title="Edit section: Perth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2090 Perth is predicted to have the rainfall of <a href="/wiki/Yanchep" title="Yanchep">Yanchep</a> today and the temperature of <a href="/wiki/Geraldton" title="Geraldton">Geraldton</a> using the <a href="/wiki/Representative_Concentration_Pathway" title="Representative Concentration Pathway">RCP</a> 4.5 scenario.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Rainfall is predicted to fall between -29% (-226&#160;mm) and -8% (-66&#160;mm) and temperature predicted to rise between 0.9° and 4°.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Perth may see the number of days above 35° increase from 28 per year on average to 36 in 2030, and to between 40 and 63 in 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_232-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> While frost days will decrease. Rainfall will increase in intensity while decreasing on average.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_232-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Drought days in the south west as a whole may increase by as much as 80% versus 20% for Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_232-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The danger from fire will increase with more fire days for all of Western Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_232-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-232"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>232<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hobart">Hobart</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=59" title="Edit section: Hobart"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2090 Hobart's climate will warm between 3.8° and 0.9°, rainfall will decline between 4% and 10%.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The temperature pattern will be similar to Port Lincoln while rainfall will be closer to Condoblin's today in a RCP 8.5 scenario.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_224-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-224"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>224<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Warm spells are likely to last longer and rainfall will trend to more intense rain events dumping less rain annually, increasing the risk of erosion and flooding.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_233-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Flooding on the Derwent river will become more regular and extreme with a current 1-in-100-year event being possibly a 2-to-6-year event in 2090.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_233-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hobart's fire season will get longer.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_233-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-233"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>233<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="States">States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=60" title="Edit section: States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Victoria_2">Victoria</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=61" title="Edit section: Victoria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By 2050, Victoria's annual temperature will increase up to 2.4&#160;°C, with twice the number of very hot days compared to 1986-2005, longer fire seasons, less rainfall and snowfall in cool season and a rise in sea levels about 24&#160;cm.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_231-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-231"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>231<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_aspects">Historical aspects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=62" title="Edit section: Historical aspects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-instrumental_climate_change">Pre-instrumental climate change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=63" title="Edit section: Pre-instrumental climate change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Paleoclimatology" title="Paleoclimatology">Paleoclimatic</a> records indicate that during glacial maxima Australia was extremely arid,<sup id="cite_ref-234" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-234"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>234<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> with plant <a href="/wiki/Pollen" title="Pollen">pollen</a> fossils showing deserts as far as northern Tasmania and a vast area of less than 12% vegetation cover over all of <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> and adjacent regions of other states. Forest cover was largely limited to sheltered areas of the east coast and the extreme southwest of Western Australia. </p><p>During these glacial maxima the climate was also much colder and windier than today.<sup id="cite_ref-235" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-235"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>235<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Minimum temperatures in winter in the centre of the continent were as much as 9&#160;°C (48&#160;°F) lower than they are today. Hydrological evidence for dryness during glacial maxima can also be seen at major lakes in Victoria's Western District, which dried up between around 20,000 and 15,000 years ago and re-filled from around 12,000 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-236" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-236"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>236<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a>, there is evidence from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Frome" title="Lake Frome">Lake Frome</a> in South Australia and Lake Woods near <a href="/wiki/Tennant_Creek" title="Tennant Creek">Tennant Creek</a> that the climate between 8,000 and 9,500 years ago and again from 7,000 to 4,200 years ago was considerably wetter than over the period of instrumental recording since about 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-237" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-237"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>237<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The research that gave these records also suggested that the rainfall flooding Frome was certainly <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">summer-dominant rainfall</a> because of pollen counts from grass species. Other sources<sup id="cite_ref-238" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-238"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>238<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> suggest that the Southern Oscillation may have been weaker during the early Holocene and rainfall over northern Australia less variable as well as higher. The onset of modern conditions with periodic wet season failure is dated at around 4,000 years before the present. </p><p>In southern Victoria, there is evidence for generally wet conditions except for a much drier spell between about 3,000 and 2,100 years before the present,<sup id="cite_ref-239" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-239"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>239<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when it is believed <a href="/wiki/Lake_Corangamite" title="Lake Corangamite">Lake Corangamite</a> fell to levels well below those observed between European settlement and the 1990s. After this dry period, Western District lakes returned to their previous levels fairly quickly and by 1800 they were at their highest levels in the forty thousand years of record available. </p><p>Elsewhere, data for most of the Holocene are deficient, largely because methods used elsewhere to determine past climates (like tree-ring data) cannot be used in Australia owing to the character of its soils and climate. Recently, however, <a href="/wiki/Coral" title="Coral">coral</a> cores have been used to examine rainfall over those areas of <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> draining into the <a href="/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef" title="Great Barrier Reef">Great Barrier Reef</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-240" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-240"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>240<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The results do not provide conclusive evidence of man-made climate change, but do suggest the following: </p> <ul><li>There has been a marked increase in the frequency of very <i>wet</i> years in Queensland since the end of the <a href="/wiki/Little_Ice_Age" title="Little Ice Age">Little Ice Age</a>, a theory supported by there being no evidence for any large Lake Eyre filling during the LIA.</li> <li>The dry era of the 1920s and 1930s may well have been the driest period in Australia over the past four centuries.</li></ul> <p>A similar study, not yet published, is planned for coral reefs in Western Australia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Records exist of floods in a number of rivers, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hawkesbury_River" title="Hawkesbury River">Hawkesbury</a>, from the time of first settlement. These suggest that, for the period beginning with the first European settlement, the first thirty-five years or so were wet and were followed by a much drier period up to the mid-1860s,<sup id="cite_ref-241" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-241"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>241<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> when usable instrumental records started. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development_of_an_instrumental_network_for_climate_records">Development of an instrumental network for climate records</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Climate_change_in_Australia&amp;action=edit&amp;section=64" title="Edit section: Development of an instrumental network for climate records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although <a href="/wiki/Rain_gauge" title="Rain gauge">rain gauges</a> were installed privately by some of the earliest settlers, the first <a href="/wiki/Instrumental_temperature_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrumental temperature record">instrumental climate records</a> in Australia were not compiled until 1840 at <a href="/wiki/Port_Macquarie,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Macquarie, New South Wales">Port Macquarie</a>. Rain gauges were gradually installed at other major centres across the continent, with the present gauges in Melbourne and Sydney dating from 1858 and 1859, respectively. </p><p>In eastern Australia, where the continent's first large-scale agriculture began, a large number of rain gauges were installed during the 1860s and by 1875 a comprehensive network had been developed in the "settled" areas of that state.<sup id="cite_ref-242" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-242"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>242<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With the spread of the <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Pastoral farming">pastoral industry</a> to the north of the continent during this period, rain gauges were established extensively in newly settled areas, reaching <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a> by 1869, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a> by 1874, and the <a href="/wiki/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)" title="Kimberley (Western Australia)">Kimberley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_Country" title="Channel Country">Channel Country</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Savannah" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Savannah">Gulf Savannah</a> by 1880. </p><p>By 1885,<sup id="cite_ref-243" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-243"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>243<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> most of Australia had a network of rainfall reporting stations adequate to give a good picture of climatic variability over the continent. The exceptions were remote areas of western Tasmania, the <i>extreme</i> southwest of Western Australia, <a href="/wiki/Cape_York_Peninsula" title="Cape York Peninsula">Cape York Peninsula</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-244" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-244"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>244<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the northern Kimberley and the deserts of northwestern South Australia and southeastern Western Australia. In these areas good-quality climatic data were not available for quite some time after that.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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