Climate Change Is Causing Ever More Disruption. Can Australia’s New Adaptation Plan Help?

Climate change is causing ever more disruption. Can Australia’s new adaptation plan help?

Darwin Brandis/GettyThere’s a chilling line in Australia’s new climate adaptation plan: It is prudent to plan for global warming levels of 2°C to 3°C by the end of this century, with temperatures in Australia likely to track higher than the global average. Australia is already adapting to the existing 1.3°C of climate change, but as the new National Climate Risk Assessment shows, we will need to adapt to much more change. This includes the warm…

Cascading, compounding and concurrent - National Climate Risk Assessment shows why climate action is so important: Bowen, Wilson, Thwaites I Australian Rural & Regional News

The Hon. Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy; The Hon. Josh Wilson, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy; The Hon. Kate Thwaites, Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience, Joint Media Release, 15 September 2025 The Albanese Labor Government is today releasing the nation’s first comprehensive assessment of the risks posed by climate change across Australia – along with a plan for how we can adapt to i…

Albanese Government releases National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan - Hawker Britton

15 September 2025 On Monday 15 September, Minister for Climate Change and Energy the Hon. Chris Bowen MP released the National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan. The National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan outline the effect climate change is expected to have on our communities, economy, environment and way of life, and how the government will respond to these risks. Both will inform the Albanese Labor Go…

Climate change is causing ever more disruption. Can Australia's new adaptation plan help?

Share articlePrint articleThere's a chilling line in Australia's new climate adaptation plan: It is prudent to plan for global warming levels of 2C to 3C by the end of this century, with temperatures in Australia likely to track higher than the glo