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Australian National University vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has urged governments to listen to science and expert advice to head off "cataclysmic climate change" at a high-level Climate Adaptation Summit event.
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International leaders have pledged to build a "climate-resilient world" at a virtual summit on adapting to rising sea levels, worsening droughts, more extreme heat waves and compounding food and water scarcity.
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We've always talked about avoiding climate change, but now the Australian Government is talking about adapting to it.
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Nationals senator Matt Canavan has again called on the federal government to dig out some funding to build a coal power plant, but the Morrison government’s new energy policies mean new coal power is dead, if not buried.
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Heat is more dangerous than the cold in most Australian regions. About 2% of deaths in Australia between 2006 and 2017 were associated with the heat, and the estimate increases to more than 4% in the northern and central parts of the country.
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Those hoping new United States President Joe Biden would make action on climate change one of his top priorities would have been cheered by the flurry of activity from his first days in office.
You've heard how scientists with Australia's national science agency are helping to lead the country's fight against COVID-19 through genomic testing and vaccine trials.
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During his presidential campaign last year, Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden repeatedly emphasized that there would be a renewed emphasis on alliances once he was in office.