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Households aren’t powerless when it comes to cutting climate risks and bills: Rewiring Australia The first national climate risk assessment contains alarming warnings about the future, but it should serve as a prompt for practical steps households can take to reduce carbon emissions, create more resilient energy systems, and also cut bills, Rewiring Australia … Continued
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Willoughby City Council is inviting the community to come together in support of Dementia Action Week, held from 15 to 21 September as part of Dementia Awareness Month. This year’s national theme, ‘Nobody can do it alone’, highlights the power of connection and shared understanding in supporting people living with dementia, their families and carers. … Continued
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15 September 2025 The release of the long awaited National Climate Risk Assessment has laid bare the risks facing WA agriculture and our rural, regional and remote communities as climate change worsens. The report assesses risks across society and environment, including communities, economy, agriculture, health, infrastructure and ecosystems and finds that Australia is … Continued
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15 AUGUST 2025 URGENT ACTION FOR CLIMATE DISASTERS NEEDED: FIREYS Professional firefighters are warning Australia is dangerously unprepared for worsening bushfires and natural disasters caused by climate change, calling for governments to invest in disaster response readiness and for closer cooperation between levels of government and portfolios. The United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) has … Continued
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In response to today’s release of the National Climate Risk Assessment, WWF-Australia’s CEO Dermot O’Gorman said: “This risk assessment sends a sobering message of the harms we all face with rising temperatures. “It warns of severe risks to the natural environment by 2050 if we don’t change our approach. Coral reefs such as … Continued
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DATE: 15 September 2025 Today’s National Climate Risk Assessment is a stark warning for Australian families. It confirms what parents have long feared in our bones: climate change is putting the very systems that support our lives at risk – from our health and food to housing, social cohesion, economic shocks and national security. Parents … Continued
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ACOSS is urging the federal government to put people, equity and inclusion first by setting a strong 2035 emissions reduction target, after the National Climate Risk Assessment painted an alarming picture of the threats and costs facing communities across Australia. “This report confirms what people on the frontlines of climate change have been experiencing for … Continued
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Climate disaster survivors have labelled the current ‘Disaster Ready Fund’ as deeply inadequate and are calling for a massively scaled up Climate Compensation Fund in response to the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment and National Climate Adaptation Plan today, which we welcome. The Assessment found there is greater risk of “compounding, cascading and … Continued
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15 September 2025 BUSHFIRE SURVIVORS FOR CLIMATE ACTION (BSCA) has spoken out in response to the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) today, urging the Albanese Government to set 2035 climate target strong enough to save lives, and to fund the vast costs of climate adaptation by making coal and gas corporations … Continued
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The National Climate Risk Assessment, two years in the making and released today, paints a picture of a profoundly altered Australia and its dire warnings demand an emergency response from the Albanese government, the Australian Conservation Foundation said. The assessment analyses 11 priority risks under three scenarios: 1.5°C, 2°C and 3°C. (The Climate Action Tracker … Continued
