Ross Garnaut at the Australia-China Climate Change Forum

Author: Ross Garnaut

Australia and China share a great vulnerability to climate change. Australia is already hot and dry, and agriculture is conducted with precipitation levels.Professor Ross Garnaut

With unmitigated climate change, Australia would dry and warm further, endangering agriculture and other human activity. China would likely see decreased flows in the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers. Rising sea levels associated with climate change would also place China’s vital coastal provinces at serious risk.

Yet against this backdrop, there is considerable room for strategic initiative to be taken. For the full address, please see the videos below.

Ross Garnaut, speaking to the Australia – China Climate Change Forum at the Australian National University:

Part 1

Part 2

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