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A new report has detailed the significant difference in how some states and regions will be impacted by climate change – with North West NSW getting the biggest rise in summer temperatures.
Rural Bank has released its first climate report which says “The business environment is increasingly uncomfortable. The horizon has more risks and less certainty”.
The report says that “climate change is already happening” and while there are global attempts to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees centigrade, “Average increases of 3°C are now more likely”.
It suggests that Australia had its equal eight-warmest year on record and last winter was Australia’s warmest on record but it is the predicted knock-on effects to industries like agriculture where the ‘food for thought’ lies…