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| Australia is not prepared for these worsening changes. |
This weather is only getting more extreme, natural disasters
are getting increasingly more deadly, and we puny humans seem pretty content to
sit back and accept our murky fate.
The World Bank has issued a warning to major cities around
the world that we’re underprepared for major risks from extreme weather and
other hazards, which will only intensify due to population growth and surging
migration.
By 2050, 1.3 billion people and $AU217 trillion in assets
will be affected by worsening river and coastal floods alone.
The report says many city officials have no clear idea of
the range of disaster risks they face and how serious they could be.
A combination of sea-level rise and sinking of coastal
cities, including from excessive extraction of the groundwater, could drive
disaster losses in 136 coastal cities from $US6 billion a year ($A8.1b) in 2010
to $US1 trillion a year by 2070.
Read Gavin Fernando’s story on News.com.au - “Australia is not prepared for growing natural disasters, experts warn.”
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