Another, more integrated definition of flooding is "a ordinary and temporary situation of partial or complete inundation of commonly dry land areas from spills over of inland or caudal waters from the different and fast accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source" (Applying Geoscience to Australia's Most Important Challenges, Australian Government Geoscience). ... Secondly, the economic effect, where the government has to provide emergency rescue service costs and repair the infrastructural damages. ...

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In the southern hemisphere, the warming is the greatest over Australia, southern south Africa, the southern tip of south America, and the area of Antarctica near Australia. ... Governments that control building and other development along coasts must begin to plan for rising sea levels. ...

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The best estimates by the CSIRO predict annual warming over Australia by 2030 to be ~1 °C. (Climate Change in Australia CSIRO Report) WWF's report ˜Australia's Inconvenient Truth' suggests just a 1-2 °C increase in temperature will devastate 60-80% of the Great Barrier Reef and eliminate 100% of Acacia species in SW Australia. ... Philippines Much of Asia, as well as wealthier areas such as the US, Russia and Australia have also experienced specific incidents of very damaging extreme weather that the climate risk index captures. ...

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The overall aim of this report is to identify the major factors of climate change and what is being done by tertiary students, governments and NGO's to fight it. As stated by Australian Conservation Foundation climate change is the consequence of unchecked pollution. ... The terms of reference are as follows: a) To identify the three most common causes and effects of climate change in the Pacific. b) To analyze and evaluate how well informed students are about the impact of climatic change on Pacific islands. c)  To evaluate the effectiveness of various programs run by NGOs and governmen...

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At the time, Australia, California, and Latin America were competing to sell carbon credits. ... She was frustrated that the government was more concerned with short term challenges than the long term global warming crisis. ... Claussen was not the only person who believed that corporations could change the governments course on global warming. ...

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For instance, the New York Times mentions that Russia and Australia mostly import wheat, Brazil and Argentina buy soybean, and the United States soybeans and corn from India. ... Although climate change continues to increase its impact, there are still some solutions that India's people and the government can contribute. According to Sorensen, despite the fact that enormous weather events will continue to become more severe, the participation of the people and government can help to improve the consequences of climate change. ... The government's responsibility, on the other hand, is...

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Currently, the largest coral reef system in the world is the Great Barrier Reef located in the Coral Sea in Australia. ... They further say that increasing levels of jellyfish in marine ecosystems will increase due to the ocean acidification (Charles, 295) The US government classified ocean acidification as a global threat. ...

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Because we cannot accurately predict the full consequences of global warming, Governments are unwilling to commit billions of dollars to implementing more environmentally friendly solutions, on the basis of such predictions. ... The Kyoto Protocol does not oblige governments to implement any particular policy, but rather gives an indicative list of policies and measures that might help mitigate climate change and promote sustainable development. ... Controversially, the United States and Australia announced that they would not support the Kyoto agreement, in part because of the lack of develo...

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Because we cannot accurately predict the full consequences of global warming, Governments are unwilling to commit billions of dollars to implementing more environmentally friendly solutions, on the basis of such predictions. ... The Kyoto Protocol does not oblige governments to implement any particular policy, but rather gives an indicative list of policies and measures that might help mitigate climate change and promote sustainable development. ... Controversially, the United States and Australia announced that they would not support the Kyoto agreement, in part because of the lack of develo...

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It brought together the heads or senior officials of 179 governments, and included the Earth Summit, the largest-ever meeting of world leaders. ... A wide variety of groups - ranging from businesses to municipal governments to international organizations such as the World Bank - have adopted the concept and given it their own particular interpretations. ... Australia and New Zealand have the world's highest incidence of skin cancer, and UV-B radiation is believed to be the most likely culprit. ...

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In order to get people to conserve energy effectively; it may become necessary for governments to provide incentives to encourage them to do so. ... But remember that burning fossil fuels adds about twenty billion tons of carbon dioxide to the air each year; In order to remove that much carbon dioxide from the air each year, we would need to plant enough trees to cover an area roughly the size of Australia! ...

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In order to get people to conserve energy effectively; it may become necessary for governments to provide incentives to encourage them to do so. ... But remember that burning fossil fuels adds about twenty billion tons of carbon dioxide to the air each year; In order to remove that much carbon dioxide from the air each year, we would need to plant enough trees to cover an area roughly the size of Australia! ...

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Beach nourishment is an effective coastal protection measure. Beach nourishment involves replacing sand lost through erosion by adding fresh sand brought from another beach or dredged from the sea floor. This method is capable of transforming a narrow, eroded coast into a wide, sandy beach that can ...

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