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Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment. It undermines human security and acts as a "threat multiplier", exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and risks and aggravating already fragile situations.
In the Pacific, the risks associated with climate change are not a distant fut…
As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate talks next month, it’s worth recalling a sobering line from the royal commission’s report into the 2019-20 Australian bushfires: “what was unprecedented is now our future”.
The bushfires saw the largest peacetime evacuation of Australians from their homes, with at least 65,000 peop…
… Shire Council issued a boil water notice , as the loss of electricity stopped chlorinating the water supply, which is … Shire Council issued a boil water notice , as the loss of electricity stopped chlorinating the water supply, which is …
… 69 3.10 Electricity … 113,313.2 58,687.4 172,000.6 168,987.6 3,013.0 Electricity 39,089.3 31,884.4 70,973.7 70,973.7 0.0 Water and … sectors were transport, agriculture, the environment, electricity, and tourism (table 1). Cyclone Evan is not the … Power Station. Damage to the transmission and distribution grid included 1,198 power poles damaged (833 leaning, 245 …
… ambient temperature can result in a 0.5– 8.5% increase in electricity demand (Santamouris et al., 2015). Notably this … is also vulnerable to flood damage, with 16–18% of grid and transformer assets identified by The Government of …
… housing, education, health, water supply and sanitation, electricity and personal income decline. Figure 1, from the … such as education, health, water supply, sanita- tion and electricity (iv) Building Resilience to strengthen community … and health facilities, water supply, sanitation and electricity services. There pair of school buildings will be …
… ambient temperature can result in a 0.5–8.5% increase in electricity demand.73 Notably this serves business and … heat island and global warming on the power demand and electricity consumption of buildings—A review. Energy and … Index. Access to basic service infrastructure, such as electricity and clean water, is known to be extremely …
… solar generation capacity and contributing to more stable electricity supply on the island. The project also supports …