2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Noosa Local Disaster Management Plan 2018

   •   Sea-level rise: global average sea level is now rising and will continue to rise gradually
       through the rest of this century and beyond, contributing to an increased frequency and
       severity of coastal flooding.
   •   Health: heat causes more deaths than any other type of extreme weather event in
       Australia. Increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat poses health risks for
       Australians and can put additional pressure on health services. Changes in temperature
       and rainfall may allow mosquito-borne illness like dengue fever to spread south.
   •   Property damage: buildings and other infrastructure across Australia has been built for
       previous climatic conditions and much of it is ill prepared to cope with increasingly frequent
       and/or intense extreme weather.
   •   Agriculture: changing rainfall patterns and increasing risk of extreme heat and bushfire
       weather present challenges for Australian agriculture. Production of temperature and
       water-sensitive broad acre crops, fruit, vegetables and wine grapes need to adapt to these
       changing growing conditions or move to locations where growing conditions are becoming
       more amenable for their production.
   •   Natural ecosystems: many Australian plants and animals are already responding to
       climate change by changing their distributions and the timing of life cycles. Climate
       change, in combination with other stresses, is increasing the risk of species extinctions and
       threatening many iconic ecosystems including the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National
       Park and the alpine zone.




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