Australia’s top scientists urge government to do more on global warming

Australia's most prestigious scientific organisation has added to growing pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison over climate change policy, calling on the government to "take stronger action" in response to the unprecedented bushfire crisis.

The remains of a house in Wingello. The Australian Academy of
Sciences says any bushfire response must extend beyond rebuilding.

The Australian Academy of Science, made up of the country's pre-eminent scientists, has declared the link between human induced climate change and extreme weather to be clear and said Australia needed to put in place long-term plans for a more dangerous future.

"As a nation, we must deal with extreme weather events more effectively than we currently do. As such events become more frequent and severe, we must adapt Australia and Australians accordingly, as well as strengthen mitigation efforts," the academy's president John Shine said in a statement.

Professor Shine said there was "abundant evidence available" to understand what was happening with the environment and Australia needed to look to that science for disaster responses and future policies.

Read the story from The Age by Fergus Hunter - “Australia’s top scientists urge government to do more on global warming.”