Climate News: State Government Committee of Inquiry into Climate Resilience warns of hotter summers, longer bushfire season, more intense rainfall events, more flooding, high intensity wind and storms episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 13, 2025 · 45 MIN

Climate News: State Government Committee of Inquiry into Climate Resilience warns of hotter summers, longer bushfire season, more intense rainfall events, more flooding, high intensity wind and storms

from Climate Conversations · host Robert McLean

The Chair of the "Climate Resilience" report from the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee, Ryan Batchelor (pictured), said: "The impact of a changing climate on Victoria’s built environment is clear. Hotter summers leading to longer bushfire seasons, more intense rainfall events create new flooding patterns, coastal erosion continues apace, and we are experiencing more frequent high-intensity wind and storms.""56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators";"Cricket under threat as Hit for Six climate change report highlights risks of extreme weather events";"Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas";"They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.";"Stronger Target, Safer Future Webinar";"Why Complex Societies Collapse | Joseph Tainter";"Sweltering Heat Wave Hits Southern Europe";"If You Fly Economy, You’re Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private";"Fires burn throughout Europe";"How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America";"China’s EVs are dirt cheap. Its policymakers are concerned".

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