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"There’s a chilling line in Australia’s new climate adaptation plan:
It is prudent to plan for global warming levels of 2°C to 3°C by the end of
this century, with temperatures in Australia likely to track higher than the
global average.
Australia is already adapting to the existing 1.3°C of climate change, but as
the new National Climate Risk Assessment shows, we will need to adapt to much
more change. This includes the warming locked in due to the lag time between
emissions and warming, as well as the warming yet to come from future
emissions. Climate adaptation is many things, from planting mangroves to slow
coastal erosion to rebuilding flood-damaged bridges to tolerate more extreme
conditions.
For well over a decade, we and other climate adaptation scientists have called
on successive governments to create a national plan to guide Australia’s
response. It’s finally here. Is it up to the task?
The plan does many things right, such as describing which tier of government is
responsible and laying out the government’s thinking about future programs. But
there are gaps. Proposed future actions are not clear nor proportionate to the
challenge, while monitoring and tracking won’t start for several years. Until
we have effective monitoring, we won’t know which actions work best – and which
don’t.
We should think of this plan as a vital starting point. Now the real work
begins. Australia is huge and climate change will affect every sector. That
means the government must choose carefully where to put their funding and to
engage with others so they also contribute to overall action."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
