Deforestation and Climate Change
Aug 21, 2019 · Deforestation and climate change. Burning fossil fuels, in combination with destruction of carbon sinks due to deforestation and other activities, has contributed to more and more carbon dioxide building up in the atmosphere – more than can be absorbed from existing carbon sinks such as forests. The build-up of carbon dioxide in the ...
Climate Heat Map of Australia
Climate Heat Map of Australia. The Climate Council’s Heat Map of Australia is an interactive tool that shows how cutting climate pollution will limit extreme heat in our neighbourhoods. It projects the average number of hot and very hot days, as well as very hot nights, for each suburb by 2050 and 2090, and across three scenarios: no action ...
Climate Risk Map of Australia - Climate Council
The Climate Council’s Climate Risk Map of Australia is an interactive map of climate vulnerable places in Australia. Enter your suburb or postcode in the search bar in the top right corner of the map below to understand risks in your area. Climate change impact analysis is supplied by Climate Valuation. Visit www.climatevaluation.com for more information. Important […]
Climate Change Impacts on the Great Barrier Reef
Accelerating climate change has driven a 54 per cent increase in the number of marine heatwave days each year (between 1925-1954 and 1987-2016), placing global reefs at serious risk. The unprecedented bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017 resulted in mass coral mortality, with the 2016 bleaching event at least 175 times ...
What does net zero emissions mean? | Explainer - Climate Council
The Climate Council recommends that Australia cut its emissions 75 percent by 2030 (based on 2005 levels), and aim to reach net zero by 2035. This is the critical decade for climate action, and every fraction of a degree of warming avoided will help ensure a safer climate for generations to come. Australia is on the frontline of the climate ...
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Oct 31, 2024 · Sign the open letter: Double Australia’s rooftop solar capacity by 2030! The Climate Council acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we live, meet and work. We wish to pay our respects to Elders past and present and recognise the continuous connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to land, water and Country.
11 countries leading the charge on renewable energy
Aug 15, 2022 · Uruguay. Since 2007, Uruguay has undergone a renewable energy revolution. Back then imported fossil fuels provided more than a third of energy generation, but decades of transformation have resulted in Uruguay generating 91% of all their electricity from renewable sources in 2022.Between 2013 to 2018 Uruguay increased its wind power from 1% to 34% of its electricity mix in five years – the ...
How will sea level rise impact your city? Take a look…
Nov 10, 2016 · How to use the map. The map is searchable by city, state, postal code, and other location names. Map areas threatened by sea level rise are displayed in blue – indicating vulnerability to flooding from combined sea level rise, storm surge, and tides; or to permanent submergence by long-term sea level rise.Map areas above sea level are shown in white and grey.
Infographic: How does climate change affect bushfires?
This infographic explains how climate change influences bushfires in four ways: A longer fire season. Hotter conditions mean a longer fire season, leading to more dangerous bushfires and leaving less time for hazard reduction. Hotter temperatures. Australia is getting hotter, with more extreme hot days and longer, hotter heatwaves.
Hard to Swallow: How Climate Change is Affecting Australian Food
The Climate Council is an independent, crowd-funded organisation providing quality information to climate change to the Australian public. Media: Contact Senior Media Advisor Sarah Thompson on 0420 892 450 or [email protected]. IN YOUR FRIDGE AND PANTRY – HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL AFFECT OUR FAVOURITE FOODS.