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"Tens of billions of dollars worth of roads, rail, hospitals and energy assets
in one state alone are at risk of damage or destruction from climate
change-fuelled extreme weather.
In what has been billed as an Australian first, Victoria’s independent
infrastructure advisory mapped risks posed by climate change to state
government-owned or regulated infrastructure.
The research used climate hazard data to assess the exposure of existing assets
to extreme heat, bushfire, drought, coastal inundation, flood, damaging winds
and rainfall-induced landslides.
Of $318 billion worth of assets analysed across 10 sectors, Infrastructure
Victoria found more than $57 billion would be at risk from climate hazards by
2030.
The figure was calculated under a “low scenario”, in which falling emissions
and a rapid transition to net zero would likely keep global warming to below
2°C above pre-industrial levels.
Bushfires (more than $23 billion), flooding (more than $22 billion) and extreme
heat (almost $11 billion) posed the most danger, while roads ($20.2 billion),
rail ($10.3 billion), energy ($7.2 billion), major ports ($5.5 billion) and
health ($5.3 billion) faced the biggest potential wipeout in value.
Large-value roads in Melbourne, central Victoria and towards Wodonga and
Traralgon were cited as vulnerable, along with rail infrastructure in the
capital, Geelong and along regional corridors in the state’s north.
Energy assets were deemed susceptible in northwest Victoria near Ouyen and
Mildura, from Melbourne extending east to the Latrobe Valley, and at Portland
in the state’s southwest.
Health assets were also at risk in Bendigo, Swan Hill, Mildura and southeast
Melbourne, maps showed.
The overall risk is slated to climb to more than $71 billion by 2070 under a
“high scenario” in which emissions continue to rise consistent with 2.8C to
4.6C of warming by 2100."
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
