CANBERRA/SYDNEY: Australia will suffer extreme climate events more frequently — and often simultaneously — putting severe strains on health and emergency services, critical infrastructure and primary industries, a government climate report said on Monday. No Australian community will be immune from climate risks that will be cascading, compounding and concurrent, the National Climate Risk Assessment report said, with the government warning natural ecosystems and biodiversity will face major challenges.

No community will be immune from increasingly frequent and simultaneous climate events such as extreme heat and floods, the report says.

Une étude destinée au gouvernement établit une série de risques sanitaires, économiques et environnementaux inédits alors que le pays doit dévoiler, dans la semaine, ses prochains…