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Beach-front homes in bayside suburbs could be vulnerable to rising sea levels. Government to protect communities against any threat of inundation. Two government reports last week on the expected impact of climate change and sea level rises showed even...
Tags: climate change, sea level, rises sea, Australia, Melbourne, Global warming, Current sea level rise, Physical oceanography, Climate Change Act, Effects of global warming on Australia, Effects of global warming, Action on climate change, Environment
Thailand�s capital, dubbed the �City of Angels� and the �Venice of the East�, is threatened by long-term flood inundation as rising sea waters triggered by global weather change and monsoonal rains combine. The 240-year-old Thai capital, located on the...
Tags: Bangkok Metropolitan Authority, climate change, Danai Thaitakoo, rises sea, Thailand, Chao Phraya River, sea level, sea water, Bangkok, Flood, Current sea level rise, Gulf of Thailand, Disaster Accident, Environment
Federal Government has made to the Opposition to gain its support. Government sources said it was prepared to exclude agriculture from the emissions trading scheme indefinitely and allow farmers to generate carbon credits as a sign of good faith to the...
Tags: climate change, Australia, sea level, rises sea, trading scheme, Sydney Airport, Penny Wong, emissions trading, federal government, Sydney, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Carbon credit, New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, Climate change in New Zealand, Carbon finance, Climate change in Australia, Air pollution, Politics, Environment, Brendan Nelson, Family Guy, Members of the Australian House of Representatives, Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd, Individual and political action on climate change, Scientific opinion on climate change, Global warming, Action on climate change, Tim Flannery, Current sea level rise, Effects of global warming
Australian coastal development in the climate change era has left councils legally exposed whether they approve or reject development applications, according to a House of Representatives climate change report. The report has backed a submission from...
Tags: rises sea, climate change, coastal development, sea level
Bahrain could disappear under water within 100 years, unless the world tackles climate change and its potentially disastrous impact, Mr Aqa warned yesterday. The country is the fifth most exposed in the world to rising sea levels, threatening 75 per cent...
Tags: disaster risk, risk reduction, rises sea