The critical decade: climate change and health

The report is a comprehensive and up to date synthesis of the expected impacts of climate change on the health of Australians, this includes a focus on climate change adaptation. It states that recent heatwaves around Australia have caused increased hospital admissions for kidney disease, acute renal failure and heartattacks, and increased deaths. It further asserts that there is evidence that climate change has already led to a change in the frequency, duration and intensity of extreme weather events, such as temperature extremes, storms and floods.