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A $10 billion cyclone and flood reinsurance pool was set up in 2022, in a bid to bring down home and business insurance premiums in northern Australia

The big question that really needs answering is: How do we move people away from areas that are disaster prone?"

The former shows why the latter is impossible. Quite the opposite of encouraging people to move away, it allows people and local authorities to be lackadaisical about climate enhanced risk.

This segues to another recent article

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/queensland-severe-heatwave-weather-storms/104813982

The air conditioner is going 24/7," she said. . "The last two years it's been a hell of a lot hotter," she said.

Yes, once again the former making it worse. Those that can't afford AC (6-7 billion or so around the workd?) can just die ?

It's seems that's all we do, make it worse.

SA Police have issued a warning to cyclists using the bike path that runs along the Southern Expressway to watch out for obstacles after wire was strung across the path.

So cyclists on a cycle way.. Garroted ? What the duck?

but the state government insists the decline is due to climate change and not tourism.

I don't know what they think causes climate change but burning fossil fuels to go see a decimated penguin colony is part of it.

That aside, this from a WA state Labor Government thats all "drill, baby, drill!" in terms of Gas, so not much hope of emissions mitigation from those shit stains or alas, the voters electing them :(

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17154206

I choose to focus my energy on the climate crisis because a habitable planet is a prerequisite for everything worth fighting for, and because the prospect of losing a planet feels horrific and sad to me in a primal way that I can’t express with words.

Much as I admire Peter, this battle has alaz been lost and all we can do now is endure.

I choose to focus my energy on the climate crisis because a habitable planet is a prerequisite for everything worth fighting for, and because the prospect of losing a planet feels horrific and sad to me in a primal way that I can’t express with words.

Much as I admire Peter, this battle has alaz been lost and all we can do now is endure.

Hot days and hot nights dominated much of the country this year in Australia, despite some severe cold snaps during the winter. This resulted in Australia coming away with its second hottest year on record, overall, since 1910, when reliable national data became available.

A staggering 78.9 per cent of the world's coral reef areas — from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans — have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress.

It included the seventh mass bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef since 1998, and fifth in eight years.

Contemplating an up coming Federal election, I wonder what goes through voters minds when they see all of this ?

Despite much investment in and expansion of renewable energy, humanity has continued burning fossil fuels at a furious pace.

So, could something similar happen in major Australian cities – and how prepared are we? The answers are: yes, and not very.

Interesting point raised none the kess, as pointed out, worst in Australia for public transportation access. Every damn year shut the entire rail network around Xmas :(

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17029639

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on

Weren't there a whole bunch of hot models that were discarded becase they were "too scary" ?

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on

Weren't there a whole bunch of hot models that were discarded becase they were "too scary" ?

The Hunt 1000 is a self-supported, 1,000-kilometre cycling adventure from Canberra to Melbourne which takes riders one to two weeks to complete, and is considered one of Australia's toughest and longest bikepacking events.

What the dickens !

Now i want to have a go !