Climate change has been a critical issue in Australia since the beginning of the 21st century. Australia is becoming hotter and more prone to extreme heat...
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Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate. Climate change...
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Australia's climate is governed mostly by its size and by the hot, sinking air of the subtropical high pressure belt (subtropical ridge or Australian...
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Climate change denial (also global warming denial) is a form of science denial characterized by rejecting, refusing to acknowledge, disputing, or fighting...
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A climate change scenario is a hypothetical future based on a "set of key driving forces".: 1812 Scenarios explore the long-term effectiveness of mitigation...
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The effects of climate change on small island countries are affecting people in coastal areas through sea level rise, increasing heavy rain events, tropical...
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impacts are particularly felt in relation to health, environments, and communities. Some Indigenous scholars of climate change argue that these disproportionately...
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This glossary of climate change is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to climate change, global warming, and related topics. 0–9 A B...
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and adapt to the effects of global warming and climate change—during the year 2024. 19 March: "The climate crisis is the defining challenge that humanity...
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The effects of climate change on human health are profound because they increase heat-related illnesses and deaths, respiratory diseases, and the spread...
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Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives...
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Climate change adaptation is the process of adjusting to the effects of climate change. These can be both current or expected impacts. Adaptation aims...
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The Minister for Climate Change and Energy is a portfolio in the Government of Australia. The current Minister is Chris Bowen. The minister administers...
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Climate change in Africa is an increasingly serious threat as Africa is among the most vulnerable continents to the effects of climate change. Some sources...
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proportion of Australia is much lower.[failed verification] According to the no-mitigation scenario in the Garnaut Climate Change Review, Australia's share of...
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The politics of climate change results from different perspectives on how to respond to climate change. Global warming is driven largely by the emissions...
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Ross Garnaut led two climate change reviews, the first commencing in 2007 and the second in 2010. The first Garnaut Climate Change Review was a study by...
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Climate change in Pakistan is a major issue for the country. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate change. As with the changing climate in South Asia...
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Climate justice is a type of environmental justice that focuses on the unequal impacts of climate change on marginalized or otherwise vulnerable populations...
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Climate change in the Caribbean poses major risks to the islands in the Caribbean. The main environmental changes expected to affect the Caribbean are...
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Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an...
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Climate variability includes all the variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events, whereas the term climate change only refers...
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Climate change is particularly threatening for the long-term habitability of the island country of Tuvalu, which has a land area of only 26 square kilometres...
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Climate change has resulted in an increase in temperature of 2.3 °C (4.14 °F) (2022) in Europe compared to pre-industrial levels. Europe is the fastest...
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the second most populous city in Australia (most populous in urban area), has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb), bordering...
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coverage of climate change has had effects on public opinion on climate change, as it conveys the scientific consensus on climate change that the global...
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Climate Change in Nigeria is evident from temperature increase, rainfall variability (increasing in coastal areas and decline in continental areas). It...
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Climate change education (CCE) is education that aims to address and develop effective responses to climate change. It helps learners understand the causes...
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Climate change litigation, also known as climate litigation, is an emerging body of environmental law using legal practice to set case law precedent to...
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emissions, and the link to climate change in Australia and worldwide. Coal was responsible for 30% (164 million tonnes) of Australia's greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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