Guardian: 68% of Australia’s tourism sites could collapse due to climate change
Australia’s landmarks are at risk. More than half of them could be destroyed by extreme weather conditions, writes Guardianciting a report from insurance company Zurich and economic analysts Mandala.
This outcome is possible if the average global temperature rises by 2 degrees Celsius by mid-century. According to bleak forecasts, 68 percent of all tourist sites on the continent, including national parks and airports, may not be able to withstand the new climate realities. The state of Queensland will suffer most from the bad weather, with 52 percent of tourist sites showing particular vulnerability to climate threats.
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If global warming on Earth worsens, Australia will lose the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, the Great Ocean Road and the Grampians in Victoria, Kalbarri National Park in Western Australia and the National Arboretum in Canberra. In addition, the prospects are grim for the Barossa and Adelaide Hills, the Daintree and K’Gari Islands in Queensland, Bondi Beach and Cable Beach, as well as the Cataract Gorge in Tasmania. Galleries, museums and stadiums are relatively safe in this regard, the publication notes.
In 2021, the UN COP26 international climate summit set a goal to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius and reduce global methane emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The countries also intend to stop producing fossil fuels by the end of the decade. In addition, the UN believes that it is possible to triple the capacity of renewable energy sources by this date and double the efficiency of their use worldwide, and to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
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