Would you like to receive notifications on latest updates of the following headlines?

Australia not prepared for climate change threats — Ex-security officials

POSTED ON October 9, 2024 •   Breaking News      BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara •   VIEWS 95
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia

Former national security officials warned on Tuesday that Australia was unprepared for the cascading and existential impacts of climate change.

The Melbourne-based Australian Security Leaders Climate Group, a coalition of former national security officials, said in a report that the Australian federal government must radically overhaul how it prepares for climate threats.

The report warned that climate change is certain to cause natural disasters to increase in frequency and intensity, which are likely to overwhelm the government’s ability to help communities survive and recover.

“Today, unimaginable new climate extremes confront us: record-breaking droughts and floods, cruel heatwaves, unstoppable bushfires, broken infrastructure, and coastal inundation. Worse is to come,’’ the report said.

Responding adequately to the climate threat is fundamental to the survival of the nation.

The group made 13 recommendations to increase action on climate change and ensured Australia was better prepared.

It called on the government to make faster cuts to Australia’s carbon emissions, to bolster support to countries across the region.

It also called for the establishment of a new climate threat intelligence unit within the Office of National Intelligence so that global warming risks are factored into security decisions.

The report cited previous climate science that found large parts of northern Australia could become uninhabitable within 30-40 years, threatening military bases, communities and the economy.

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Tinubu eyes livestock sector reform, investment to curb farmer-herder clashes
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 22, 2024 0

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to resolving the farmer-h...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Katsina Govt. applauds  NAF  strike against bandits, vows to sustain regional stability
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 22, 2024 0

KATSINA – The Katsina State Government has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for successf...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Breaking : Supreme court voids National Lottery Act
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 22, 2024 0

The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assemb...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
ECB's renews integration call as trade war looms
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 22, 2024 0

European Central Bank, President Christine Lagarde renewed her call for economic integration across...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
FAO aims key outcomes at COP16 Saudi Arabia
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 22, 2024 0

The assistant Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Abdul Hakim Elwae...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Illegal detention: Bizman slams N50m suit on NDLEA
BY Benedicta Bassey November 22, 2024 0

NIGERIA — A businessman, Damilare Samuel, has slammed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Appeal Court invalidates verdict against Rivers LG election
BY Benedicta Bassey November 22, 2024 0

ABUJA, Nigeria —The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja has nullified the judgement that prevent...

RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
Man in Police net for defiling, impregnating 15-yr-old daughter
BY Benedicta Bassey November 22, 2024 0

CALABAR, Nigeria —A 48-year-old man, Mallam Adamu Umaru, was paraded by the Zone 6 Police Comm...

OUR CHANNELS:

OTHER ARTICLES ::

25th November, 2024
Tinubu eyes livestock sector reform, investment to curb farmer-herder clashes
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to resolving the farmer-h...


Katsina Govt. applauds  NAF  strike against bandits, vows to sustain regional stability
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

KATSINA – The Katsina State Government has commended the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for successf...


Breaking : Supreme court voids National Lottery Act
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

The Supreme Court, on Friday, nullified the National Lottery Act 2005 enacted by the National Assemb...


ECB's renews integration call as trade war looms
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

European Central Bank, President Christine Lagarde renewed her call for economic integration across...


China expands Visa-free entry to more countries to boost economy
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

On Friday, China announced that it would expand visa-free entry to citizens of nine more countries a...


FAO aims key outcomes at COP16 Saudi Arabia
BY Abiodun Saheed Omodara November 25, 2024 0

The assistant Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Abdul Hakim Elwae...


Illegal detention: Bizman slams N50m suit on NDLEA
BY Benedicta Bassey November 25, 2024 0

NIGERIA — A businessman, Damilare Samuel, has slammed the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...


Appeal Court invalidates verdict against Rivers LG election
BY Benedicta Bassey November 25, 2024 0

ABUJA, Nigeria —The Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja has nullified the judgement that prevent...


Man in Police net for defiling, impregnating 15-yr-old daughter
BY Benedicta Bassey November 25, 2024 0

CALABAR, Nigeria —A 48-year-old man, Mallam Adamu Umaru, was paraded by the Zone 6 Police Comm...


Trump picks Pam Bondi as Attorney General following Gaetz withdrawal
BY Benedicta Bassey November 25, 2024 0

WASHINGTON, United States  — US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Pam Bondi, a v...


Menu