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Australia: IPCC says more floods from climate change to hit coastal infrastructure

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In an assessment of climate change risks for Australia and New Zealand, the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that there will be “increasing risks to coastal infrastructure and low-lying ecosystems in Australia and New Zealand, with widespread damage towards the upper end of projected sea-level-rise ranges’’, reports The Australian.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Climate change Critical infrastructure
Country and region Australia New Zealand
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