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| | | ... challenged in the impacts of climate change through increased prevalence of bushfires, windstorms, intensifying rainfall and drought, all of which "creates a need for more active forest management to create resilience to climate change. These activities ... |
| | | | Australia's food security hangs in the balance with climate change exacerbating extreme drought, flooding and other impacts which harm the country's ability to sustain food production, but climate change also presents opportunities for investment in ... |
| | | | ... Australia managed for biodiversity, given farmers manage more than half the Australian land mass. "Payments could also produce drought-resistant income for farmers, which helps them keep employing people in tough times." |
| | | | Natural disasters resulted in global economic losses of $410 billion (US$275b) in 2022, a new report has found, with just $150 billion (US$125b) covered by insurance. The report from Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re revealed that record-breaking damage ... |
| | | | RBA Governor Philip Lowe cited climate change and the transition to renewable energy as two of four longer-term changes to the global economy that are "likely to affect the dynamics of inflation, central bank policy and the way business operates in ... |
| | | | ... positive outcomes. "The effect of climate change is felt by the wider population in Australia -we've had floods, fire and drought all being affected by climate change," Mays noted. "We've also had other significant events have helped frame these conversations ... |
| | | | The COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh has been labelled an implementation COP, where governments, investors and other actors are called upon to demonstrate how they're going to implement what was promised a year ago in Glasgow at COP26. However, others have ... |
| | | | ... an inflation recalibration that is likely to last more than five years. Further, Northern Trust identified a "monetary drought" as cheap liquidity dries up, and higher interest rates "likely to bring positive real (after inflation) cash returns." |
| | | | ... impacts of climate events over the past year, with more frequent and powerful storms, bushfires, severe flooding and severe drought among the most common events. However, the report finds the vast majority of business leaders in Australia are a optimistic ... |
| | | | ... tonnes. Cattle and sheep account for 75 per cent of emissions in the sector. If herd numbers recover from recent years of drought, emissions are projected to rise, reaching 82 million tonnes by 2030, the report said. Including agriculture in any net-zero ... |
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