Australia is the land of droughts and floods, but they are becoming more frequent and forceful. The window of opportunity to act on climate change is closingThe fingerprints of climate change can be traced across 2017, with extreme weather events witnessed around the world; from supercharged storms, hurricanes, floods and heatwaves through to bushfires. 2017 has seen it
all.As the year draws to a close, it remains on track to become the third hottest year on record and the hottest in a non-El Nino year. Despite the United States and Europe continuing their decade-long decline in greenhouse gas pollution, Australia has been missing in action. Australia's pollution has been rising year on year since March 2015. This pollution is contributing to driving worsening extreme weather here and around the world. Continue reading...
