The floods have killed at least 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now a life-or-death matter
- Written by Barbara Norman, Professor of Urban & Regional Planning; Chair of the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Network (CCARRN), University of Canberra
The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales highlight, yet again, Australia’s failure to plan for natural disasters. As we’re seeing now in heartbreaking detail, everyday Australians bear the enormous cost of this inaction.
It’s too soon to say whether the current floods are directly linked to climate change. But we...





