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The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report contains dire projections for climate change impacts. However, the implications of increasing temperatures and fluctuating rainfall on urban precincts, public open spaces and housing in WA remain poorly understood. Preparing WA communities to be ‘climate-ready’ is critical. Indeed, the total emission reductions currently pledged through the Paris Agreement, even if implemented on time, will translate as average global surface temps of 3°C or more above the pre-industrial period by 2100. Such a rise will have dire implications for WA.
This presentation will provide an unprecedented snapshot of the climate performance of precinct and housing case studies from the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne, Mid-West, Wheatbelt, Perth and Peel regions both now and into the future. According to the IPCC, Australia’s current reactive climate ‘adaptation’ is insufficient, too late, and too little.’ This presentation will offer a frank assessment of the consequences of such business-as-usual planning.
MEET YOUR SPEAKER
Associate Professor Dr Julian Bolleter